Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course that doesn't mean it's not required, just that the evidence > given was irrelevant. I've seen most places do it and lawyers > recommending it and so on, and as it is a legal disclaimer I think it > would be wise to use emphasised text, at least put asterisks around it > or something to draw attention.
I've seen dissenting opinion. It's pretty well known that long blocks of all-caps are harder to read, so all-caps'ing a long disclaimer may leave one party open to an accusation of trying to discourage other parties from reading it. I think it was in something to do with the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regs, but my office is mostly in boxes just now and a lot of non-critical stuff went in the bin :-/ Hope someone else saw that and can remember better, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
