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		<title>How to Beat the Contract Bullies!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Well, you seem to have read every word of this contract&#8221; said the other party&#8217;s lawyer. Of course I had &#8211; that&#8217;s what I was being paid for! That said, I was well aware that my client&#8217;s bargaining power was very weak and that my mumerous objections to their ling-winded, very one-sided contract may well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/05/how-to-beat-the-contract-bullies/</link>
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		<title>April Fool Which Teaches Us A Lesson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just had to bring you the following, which is a blog detailing an April Fool&#8217;s prank which proved that people were not reading the terms and conditions they were signing up to: http://bit.ly/bsPpDn Clearly, no harm has been done on this particular occasion, but what does this experiment tell us? Are we too trusting of people? Are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/04/april-fool-which-teaches-us-a-lesson/</link>
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		<title>Short-Term Solution or Long-Term Relationship?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I attended a course on a specialist area of commercial law that I was keen to extend my knowledge in. The tutor was well respected in his field and I looked forward to the session. However, what I &#8216;learned&#8217; horrified me. Throughout his talk, the tutor explained &#8211; with relish &#8211; how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/04/short-term-solution-or-long-term-relationship/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Is this contract OK?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a question which anyone who advises on contracts or terms and conditions is frequently asked. It seems quite reasonable at first &#8211; but then, what does &#8216;OK&#8217; mean? There are several things which may stand out as being &#8216;not OK&#8217; or unacceptable in a contract &#8211; unreasonable liability provisions, restrictive covenants etc &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/02/is-this-contract-ok/</link>
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		<title>Contracts &#8211; fixed fees or billing by the hour?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been several blog posts recently upon why many lawyers seem unable to break away from the concept of strict hourly billing. Some of these can be found on a blog by a company called Exari. I have no association with this company and do not endorse their products, but you may find some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/01/contracts-fixed-fees-or-billing-by-hour/</link>
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		<title>Word Association</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To contract &#8230;.. or not! What do you think of when you see the word &#8216;contract&#8217;? Unfortunately, through experience, people have come to associate the word &#8216;contract&#8217; with other words beginning with &#8216;C&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;confusing&#8217;, &#8216;complex&#8217;, &#8216;combative&#8217; and &#8216;costly&#8217;. However, the alternative meaning of the word is as a verb meaning to shorten, so why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2010/01/word-association/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;Cut and Paste&#8221; Trap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been tempted to create an Agreement by cutting and pasting? Here’s what can happen…. I have recently been sent a contract for review, and what I discovered was a mish-mash of bits and pieces which had clearly been cobbled together from several different agreements. The result? A potentially very costly mess! Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2009/11/cut-and-paste-trap/</link>
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		<title>Do Terms and Conditions Reallly Matter if No-one Ever Reads Them?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No-one ever looks at our Terms and Conditions&#8221; This is what a new client told me recently &#8211; when both the Managing and Sales Directors confessed to never having read their own company&#8217;s terms and conditions of sale. So, the question is: &#8216;Do Terms and Conditions really matter if no-one ever reads them?&#8217; If there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2009/11/do-terms-and-conditions-reallly-matter/</link>
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		<title>Using Terms and Conditions as a Sales Tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about using your terms and conditions as a sales tool and not just as a mechanism for dispute resolution? A well drafted contract / terms and conditions should set out very clearly the responsibilities of both parties, and look at the PRACTICAL as well as the legal issues which may arise. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2009/10/using-terms-and-conditions-as-a-sales/</link>
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		<title>Circular Definitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems as if the list of definitions at the beginning of contracts gets longer and longer, and often they are very useful. However, they must be carefully constructed. I have come across the following example today of a &#8216;circular&#8217; definition: Definition: &#8216;Protocol&#8217; means the protocol which the supplier must provide to the client in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.abc-ltd.org/2009/09/circular-definitions/</link>
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