DEFINITIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

In this paper:

• ‘I’ means ‘We’
• ‘Me’ means ‘Us’; and
• ‘My’ means ‘Our’

… well, most of the time anyway !

By writing in the singular, I hope I haven’t given readers the impression that I am running Sparke Helmore’s Precedents Department on my own. So much of the writing and ideas that have gone into this paper belong to my team mates, Debbie Coventry, Gilda Cappiello, Esther Pelser, Sharon Spiby, Tanya Murray and Kevin Meagher.

Without their inspiration, good humour and impressive skills, Sparke Helmore would never have given birth to Miss Spelt.