The beauty or bane (depending upon whom you ask) of being a lawyer is that we love writing. For me, this helps John (my generic client name from my previous blogs) know what to expect. Why? Because, and despite lawyers' horrible reputation, I (as John’s lawyer) must be, among other things, competent, candid and honest with him. Recently, John engaged me to act on his behalf in a dispute with his (now former) major supplier. We shall call him “Bob”. My first request to John wa