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Is the law something of a mystery to you? Do you sometimes feel you should know a little more about the way the law works? If you answered yes, this book is for you. Paul Brennan has written a terrific little book that combines the qualities of a useful reference book on the law with wry humor and the odd belly laugh,
Designed primarily to give you basic legal information, Paul's book will keep you amused while providing you with insights and understanding, whether you are a corporate warrior, small business owner, professional advisor or interested amateur.
This is an eBook. Shortly after you place your order, you will receive an e-mail with a link to a URL where you can download the eBook in pdf format.
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Contents:
Foreward
Introduction
Part 1: Individual Law
Chapter 1: Managing your lawyer—be firm
Chapter 2: Being arrested - what you need to know
Chapter 3: Your money lives on when you are gone
Chapter 4: Secret to a comfortable old age—score in another’s will
Chapter 5: Where there’s a will, there’s a way . . .
Chapter 6: Left out of a will? Make a claim
Chapter 7: Divorce - the great frontier
Chapter 8: Winning the backyard battle
Chapter 9: Trusts
Chapter 10: The man with four lawyers
Part 2: Business is business
Chapter 1: Heed the bank’s advice
Chapter 2: Should tenants hate those leases to pieces?
Chapter 3: Contracts that numb the brain
Chapter 4: Success can be a major problem
Chapter 5: Liability rattles the directors
Chapter 6: Beware pests at auction
Chapter 7: Disclaimers—don’t blame us
Chapter 8: Why vicarious liability is the weakest link
Chapter 9: Your mortgage—you and a load of old bankers
Chapter 10: Buying a business?
Chapter 11: Restraint of trade
Part 3: Sue and be sued
Chapter 1: Litigation—the last resort
Chapter 2: The limits of what a lawyer will do
Chapter 3: Being a good witness
Chapter 4: Avoid a verbal beating
Chapter 5: Defamation—easy to do and costly to get over
Chapter 6: What’s the damage?
Chapter 7: Injunctions—stop in the name of the law
Chapter 8: Mediate—don’t wait
Chapter 9: Rough justice in clubs
Chapter 10: Don’t speak to strangers
Part 4: Intellectual property
Chapter 1: Copyright—are you sure it’s yours?
Chapter 2: Use or lose your trade marks
Chapter 3: Defending your name
Chapter 4: Safeguarding designs in a material world
Chapter 5: Death, where is thy swing?
Chapter 6: Confidentiality—protecting trade secrets
Part 5: E-law made easy
Chapter 1: Avoid a contract minefield
Chapter 2: Cyberspace and the law of the net
Chapter 3: The revealing truth of email
Chapter 4: Stand by your spam
Chapter 5: The internet and pornography
And to Sum Up . . . .
The Law is an Ass—Make Sure it Doesn't Bite Yours!
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Here's an excerpt from the Introduction to The Law is an Ass—Make Sure it Doesn't Bite Yours!:
In Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble was accused of being responsible for his wife’s stealing because "the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction." He replied, "If the law supposes that, the law is an ass—an idiot."
But the law can decide that you are responsible for your wife or your employee’s actions. Being aware of the basic principles of the law puts you on the front foot and allows you to take action to avoid most of the usual problems.
This book has emerged from my experience practising law in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. I have worked as a lawyer for New Scotland Yard, for a large US Multinational, been a partner in two law firms and I now own my own law firm. I have conducted disciplinary proceedings against lawyers and been a tenant barrister in the Middle Temple, London. My travels have shown me that the law everywhere is very similar. Correct handling of the law and lawyers does not differ from country to country and many legal mistakes are universal.
My intention is to give you basic information about the law without burdening you with too much detail. The subjects I have included will give you a strategic overview of how the law works, internationally, so if you are in business in Australia dealing with international clients, or you are an employee of a multinational company and you travel to many places, this book will help. I’ve tended to concentrate on those legal issues that most often trip people up, the ones that can so easily go wrong.
The Law is an Ass—Make Sure it Doesn't Bite Yours!
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