Talk:Sharp practice

Hmmm
With great respect to the Courts of Ontario, the use of two minor and very recent century cases to suggest that "sharp practice" has an established legal meaning is a bit suspect. The concept is much older than that: the OED says: "Sharp practice. 1847 2.a. Hard bargaining; relentless pursuit of advantage. b. Dishonourable taking of advantage, trickery." I found the phrase in the dictionary at Law.com, but not in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law at FindLaw.com, but just because there's a dictionary definition doesn't necessarily mean there should be a Wikipedia article on the subject (sorry Colonel W!). - Pointillist (talk) 13:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The topic commonly occurs in the context of the professional ethics of the legal profession. For example, see this source.  It has good relevance here on Wikipedia too, I fancy.  :)  Colonel Warden (talk) 13:53, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Okaaaaaayy (not entirely convinced), but well-established legal concepts (e.g. mutual mistake) and even probably dubious ones (like promissory estoppel) generally have better sources and examples than these. It might need someone who's a current practioner/student with LexisNexis access to improve this, e.g. from Category:Wikipedian lawyers, Category:Wikipedian law students, Category:Wikipedians interested in law or just Category:Wikipedians with law degrees (like me :-). - Pointillist (talk) 22:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Canadian?
As a Brit, it seems odd that the article implies that sharp practice is a Canadian concept and term. While I don't doubt that it's in use in Canada, it's a longstanding British English term which is very widely used throughout the English speaking world, though I'm not sure if it's in common use in the US. --Ef80 (talk) 15:59, 28 October 2020 (UTC)