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"I think that clause 12 and all other clauses are to be read subject to an overriding condition or proviso that the party shall not take advantage of his own wrong, and therefore is estopped from alleging invalidity of which his own breach of contract is the cause." New Zealand Shipping case (1917) 2 KB … Continue reading New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd v Société des Ateliers et Chantiers de France →

“Equity however will only interfere and invoke the aid of its jurisdiction if the appellant shows that it will be unconscionable to allow the respondent to retain the money he has forfeited...” K Umar Kandha v E. L. Magness [1985] 1 MLJ 116 MP

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself … Continue reading QOTD →

““Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.” Excerpt FromThe Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and HappinessMorgan HouselThis material may be protected by copyright.

“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.” - Gaius Julius Caesar

“Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep.” Excerpt FromRich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiThis material may be protected by copyright.

“A genius is the man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind.” — Napoleon

“Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only rightly guide the present to reverence and justice. Reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both to each other. Justice so that you’ll speak the truth freely and without evasion, and so that … Continue reading QOTD →

“These barbarians… have nothing barbarous in their military arrangements.” Pyrrhus, King of Epirus when surveying the Roman encampment. Excerpt FromLays of Ancient RomeBaron Thomas Babington Macaulay MacaulayThis material may be protected by copyright.