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The law can change very quickly and without warning. Without these sudden or unexpected changes, politicians and special interest groups would have no reason for performance pay.

Do not rely on the above information as legal advice or as a sole source of the law in your area of interest unless you are a complete idiot, in which case design your life around every word in this web site and be sure to properly spell my surname in your will.

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Forbes Magazine May 2000

"SO THIS LAWYER WALKS INTO A . . .

"Next time you want to dull the sting of a big fat legal bill ... check out duhaime.org. This little nugget of a website is managed by Lloyd Duhaime, a Victoria-based lawyer who has the temerity to poke fun at his chosen profession of the past twenty years."

Globe & Mail, January 4, 2006

"If you relish courtroom humor, as I do, you'll enjoy a visit to the Web site of Lloyd Duhaime, a Canadian barrister, solicitor, historian and hockey fan based in Victoria, British Columbia. Duhaime's site contains many entertaining legal alleyways, including one devoted to tasteful lawyer jokes and another, called the "Hall of Horrors," that examines the law's lamentable record of punishment through the ages. "The best reading corner is his collection of the "Dumbest Things Ever Said in Court." Spoken by real-life lawyers and witnesses and taken from official court records, all of the interrogations beg to be printed."

New York Times, May 25, 2001

"Canadian lawyer Lloyd Duhaime ... offers some nice self-depreciating lawyer jokes to show he's not taking all this too seriously. Like the one about the criminals who took a roomful of lawyers hostage and threatened to release one every hour if their demands weren't met."

The Irish Independent, July 13, 2003

 

 

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