[blml] Ignorantia juris non excusat [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Wayne Burrows]

On 25/07/07, Jerry Fusselman <jfusselman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/24/07, Wayne Burrows <wjburrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Wow!!!  You are reading something in L40D that I cannot see.  There is
> > nothing there that suggests 'understanding' encompasses 'experience'.
> > In so much as 'understanding' is synonymous with 'agreement' I can see
> > how that is included.
>
> <snip>
>
> > And similarly in L75C there is nothing stating that 'partnership
> > agreement and partnership experience' make up the whole 'partnership
> > understanding'.
>
> Well, no doubt it will be far clearer very soon---in the next laws.

And meanwhile we ignore the current laws.

> In brief, L75C says that the stuff you need to disclose includes
> partnership agreements and partnership experience.  L40D calls all
> that stuff by one word, understanding.  Unfortunately, as you point
> out, the laws blur that one-word summary, sometimes calling it
> agreement.  I bet this won't happen in the next laws.
>

L75C and L40D are different beasts.

L75C is talking about disclosure in response to a question (inquiry).
L40 when it talks about disclosure is talking about prior disclosure.
I cannot rationally equate these two situations.

Wayne