Revelation from Lord Sumption and Sherlock Holmes

'The law is easy. Facts are complicated. Once one eliminates 95% of facts that are irrelevant, what the law should be is common sense. ' (Lord Sumption v Professor Graham Virgo debate at Cambridge University, per Lord Sumption)1

'I have no date yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.' (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, per Sherlock Holmes)

The key to solving a problem is to grasp its facts. Someone should have told me this two years ago.

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1. 'Those Who Wish to Practise Law Should Not Study Law at University'?(https://youtu.be/uMR1NIEifWM)