This book discusses the proper use of legal language in business communication. While communicating, a business leader has to bear in mind the relevant legal framework, and be sure to never violate it. However, legal language in itself can be so complex and difficult that it is often unclear as to what meaning can be ascribed to different words and phrases used in a particular context. Also, while it’s easy to say that there are certain limits to the law, those limits are not readily visible to the uninitiated; occasionally, even experts flounder. Exploring precisely these topics, the book will be of interest to students of business, law, and business communication; managers; lawyers; researchers; practitioners; and general readers alike.
Author(s): Anurag K. Agarwal
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 204
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Chapter 1: Loose Lips Sink Ships......Page 12
The Business Perspective......Page 14
Venture Global and Satyam’s Raju Case3......Page 16
Paul Romer’s Exit from the World Bank......Page 25
Shipping Sorghum Case......Page 29
Google’s Anti-Diversity Note......Page 32
Conclusion......Page 37
Chapter 2: What’s the Good Word?......Page 39
Business Communication: The Legal Lens......Page 41
The Comma Case4......Page 43
Comments and Questions......Page 51
Word Power......Page 55
Alt-Right and Alt-Left......Page 58
Misleading Advertisements: Words, Images and Intentions......Page 62
BBC and Cliff Richard: Meaning of Privacy......Page 65
Conclusion......Page 67
Chapter 3: Should a Business Leader Talk Like a Lawyer or a Judge?......Page 69
The Language of the Law and Business......Page 71
Miscommunication Leading to Contractual Disputes and Their Resolution......Page 75
Communication, Acceptance and Revocation......Page 76
Binding Contract......Page 77
Communicated Acceptance......Page 78
Communication When Parties Are Absent......Page 79
Tarsem Singh v. Sukhminder Singh, 19986......Page 80
John Tinson and Company v. Surjeet Malhan, 19977......Page 81
Complete Attention to Details......Page 82
In Writing......Page 83
Be Reasonable......Page 84
Bhagwandas v. Girdharilal9......Page 85
Expensive Lawyers......Page 89
Judges and Their Voice: Lessons for a Businessperson......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 96
Chapter 4: It’s All Greek to Me......Page 97
The Regner Case1......Page 99
Comments and Questions......Page 105
The Indore Development Authority Case4......Page 107
Comments and Questions......Page 116
The Royal Opera House Case: volenti non fit injuria......Page 117
Gross Negligence: res ipsa loquitur......Page 120
Statutes in pari materia......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 123
Chapter 5: Read My Lips!......Page 126
The Health Care Benefits Case2......Page 128
Comments and Questions......Page 133
Tata: Open Letter......Page 137
Comments and Questions......Page 140
Trying to Understand the Veiled Meaning......Page 144
Conclusion......Page 151
Chapter 6: Man Is a Social Animal......Page 153
Carpenter’s Case4......Page 156
Comments and Questions......Page 162
Frenemies, Business Niceties and Social Media......Page 166
Lost in Translation......Page 169
Technology as Courts’ Friend: Trial Through WhatsApp Call......Page 171
The Right to Be Forgotten in the Digital World......Page 174
Social Media Hub, Government and Business......Page 176
Google, Getty Images and Legal Periphery......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 182
Chapter 7: Speech Is Silver, Silence Is Golden......Page 184
Is Remaining Silent Ethical?......Page 186
Celebrating Silence......Page 187
Silence as Acceptance in Business Contracts......Page 189
Non-Disclosure Agreements: Anthony Levandowski, Google, Uber and Otto......Page 191
Confidentiality in Arbitration......Page 193
When Silence Is Unwanted: Rustling Sound Added to Silent Leaf by Nissan......Page 195
Uber Apology: Trouble in London and Rest of Europe......Page 199
Freedom of Speech and Sheep to the Slaughter......Page 202
Section 66A of Information Technology Act Was Gone in 2015 in India......Page 204
Judicial Volcano: Silentium Est Aurum......Page 206
Cricketers or Gladiators: Where Are the Gentlemen?......Page 208
Conclusion......Page 210
