Extract : the Art of War, Peace & Palaver - the Contentious Guide to Legal Disputes
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Have you ever had a car park dispute?
Extract : the Art of War, Peace & Palaver - the Contentious Guide to Legal Disputes
Book Signing - Queensland Law Society Symposium sponsored by ESS the Search People
The sponsors ESS the Search People will be giving away copies of 101 Reasons to Kill All the Lawyers which is the perfect gift for the busy lawyer. Funny, but not that funny that they need to read it.
Paul Brennan will be on hand at the ESS stand to sign copies of the book.
Details:
Friday, 15th March 2019
Queensland Law Society Symposium
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Queensland Law Society Symposium
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
New Book : The Art of War, Peace & Palaver - The Contentious Guide to Legal Disputes
- TO BE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2018
"Beneath the light hearted veneer lurks some very sensible and practical advice on the dos and dont's of disputes”
Cherie Blair - CBE QC
Cherie Blair - CBE QC
Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP
“Paul makes the wisdom of Sun Tzu relatable to litigants of all types. Regardless of whether you are in a fight with your neighbour, business partner, landlord, or someone who defamed you, this book contains valuable (and easy to apply) lessons on the Art of War. And many of them are lessons you should be aware of before you make that first call to your litigator!”
W. Brad Hanna, B.E.S, LLB., FCIArb.
Partner, Co-Chair of Dispute Resolution, Franchising & Distribution and International Arbitration Groups
McMillan, Toronto.
When the Godfather said “Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer” he was quoting Sun Tzu, a Chinese Warlord who wrote the Art of War 2,500 years ago.
Increasingly, disputes go legal. There are more lawyers around than ever before. People are increasingly aware of their rights, have more money and are less willing to let things go.
While not encouraging you to back away from the legal disputes that you can win, this book will give you the foresight to avoid or minimise disputes in the first place which is often the most effective but least popular option.
Increasingly, disputes go legal. There are more lawyers around than ever before. People are increasingly aware of their rights, have more money and are less willing to let things go.
While not encouraging you to back away from the legal disputes that you can win, this book will give you the foresight to avoid or minimise disputes in the first place which is often the most effective but least popular option.
Sun Tzu : “Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Next, attacking in the field. The worst strategy is to besiege, as prolonged warfare is expensive”.
This book not only covers court actions, but fights with government departments, multi-nationals, club committees, your spouse, neighbours and all sorts of other people and organisations that wind you up.
Sun Tzu : “Know the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”.
If a Chinese Warlord could temper decisive and sometimes highly aggressive action with planning and caution, so can you pause to consider the consequences of your actions and plan accordingly. It is so often the difference between victory and defeat.
This book combines the qualities of a useful book on litigation with wry humour and the odd belly laugh. Whether you are a corporate warrior, small business owner or professional advisor, it will keep you amused while providing you with insights and the understanding to manage risk.
This book not only covers court actions, but fights with government departments, multi-nationals, club committees, your spouse, neighbours and all sorts of other people and organisations that wind you up.
Sun Tzu : “Know the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”.
If a Chinese Warlord could temper decisive and sometimes highly aggressive action with planning and caution, so can you pause to consider the consequences of your actions and plan accordingly. It is so often the difference between victory and defeat.
This book combines the qualities of a useful book on litigation with wry humour and the odd belly laugh. Whether you are a corporate warrior, small business owner or professional advisor, it will keep you amused while providing you with insights and the understanding to manage risk.
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A Christmas Gift : 101 Reasons to Kill All the Lawyers - the Book
Are you looking for something special for the legal person in your life?
Then look no further than a book on law and lawyers:
FAQ
Q. Will it give me an insight into my lawyer husband?
A. No, nothing that you have not suspected over the years.
Q. Do you do exchanges?
A. No, you married him.
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Your inheritance is free – but is it safe?
Many family issues are common place:
Your wayward son is not unique especially when drink is involved.
If your daughter-in-law is a fright, you are not alone.
And I will not start you off on your husband.
You have reached an age where you can see the big picture and your mother was right.
Now what? Well, it will take determination, strength and a legal fees…. but first read Hang on to it girl - The Wily Woman's Guide to Wills.
Cherie Blair described this book as “funny and short”, or at least I think she was referring to the book.
“Guaranteed to make the woman of the house laugh which could be a first in some cases” John Fytit, lawyer.
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Sex in the Dock - The Lady Chatterley’s Lover Trial
In
1960 at the Old Bailey, Penguin faced prosecution under the Obscene
Publications Act for its publication of Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence who had died in 1930.
In
the book, Lady Chatterley has an affair with her husband’s gamekeeper as her
husband is unable to have sexual intercourse due to a WW1 injury.
Did
the book tend to deprave and corrupt? If so, was its publication 'for the public good' on the grounds of its
literary merits?
Apart
from the “f” word being used 30 times, the Prosecutor listed sexual intercourse
taking place “thirteen times” including in “her husband’s house,…a hut,…the
undergrowth,…when stark naked and dripping with raindrops…" He concluded, “And
finally…we have it all over again in the attic in a Bloomsbury boarding-house.”
The
Prosecutor asked, “Would you approve of your… young daughters – because girls
can read as well as boys – reading this book?... Is it a book that you would even wish
your wife or servants to read?”
The Defence said that society cannot fix its standards by what is suitable for a
14-year-old.
Over
a six-day trial there were a number of witnesses, including:
1. Author
Rebecca West who gave evidence that the book had literary merit, but was badly
written by a man who had no sense of humour and no background of education in
his home.
2.
The Bishop of Woolwich who agreed that Christians ought to read it. This led to the
headline in the evening papers, “A Book all Christians should read”.
The
Defence contended that Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra may as well have been
a “story of a sex-starved man copulating with an Egyptian Queen.”
The
Judge summed up suggesting that the jury think of “factory girls reading in
their lunchtime.”
After
a six-day trial, the Jury found Penguin not guilty.
(c) Paul Brennan 2015. All rights reserved.
(c) Paul Brennan 2015. All rights reserved.
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Book Review by the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
When asked, “Why 101 reasons”, Paul Brennan, who is a practising lawyer, explained: “I didn’t want to depress the entire legal profession by having 1,001.”
Having started life as a blog, this book combines cartoons, satire and anecdotes about our profession. Some of them may even be true. Almost without exception they contain something to make the more self-aware pause and reflect on how we have gone about our business.
Let’s start with the introductory page. Lawyers, we are told, are thought to be arrogant, pompous, aggressive, tactless, confrontational, pedantic, expensive, unscrupulous, ruthless, negative, devious and slow. It is suggested that one of the main causes of stress in the profession is the difficulty many of us have in living up to these expectations at all times. One lawyer, who declined to be interviewed, confessed that on occasion he spoke to his staff in a normal manner: one client, who did not wish to be named, said that he found his lawyer “quite nice.” O tempora, o mores. Rumour has it that some have turned to training organisations which deal with medical receptionists because of their ability to generate aggression and ill will among patients with such minimal interaction.
Nonsense aside, this book will make you laugh out loud. Buy it for your waiting room; buy it for your lawyer friends, or just buy it for yourself. A treat.
David J Dickson
Books Review Editor
Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
Click here for a preview and to order the book or ebook from Amazon.
Click here for a preview and to order the book or ebook from Amazon.
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Book Review by the Law Institute Journal
There are few better at the art of skewering the pretensions and idiosyncrasies of legal practice than Queensland lawyer Paul Brennan, author of the Law & Disorder website which, for years, has been dispensing useful legal advice heavily disguised as comedy. As well as tips on topics such as “The 10 greatest legal mistakes in business . . . and how to avoid them”, the site is host to caustic and comic legal cartoons, an ezine and more.
Those readers familiar with the comic Queenslander’s books, including The Law is an Ass . . . Make Sure It Doesn’t Bite Yours, can now add to their collection with the latest Brennan book 101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers.
The book grew out of Paul’s blog of the same name. He said he decided on 101 reasons as he didn’t want to depress the entire legal profession by having 1001.
But there’s nothing depressing about 101 Reasons, with its advice about the things lawyers should know about but might not, such as the secret of enjoying committee meetings, how to field complaints, career planning and dealing successfully with their own legal problems. It is also about things Paul says lawyers are not expected to know about but probably should such as change, innovation, emotions, relationships and sex.
Law Institute Journal (Victoria)
September 2013 87 (9) LIJ, p.86
LETTER TO EDITOR OF Law Institute Journal
Sir: Your review article (With Due Respect September 2013 87 (9) LIJ, p.86) implied that
solicitors have a good sense of humour.
I have had a sense of humour for over 30 years.
However, I have not used it and do not intend to start now.
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