Me:  Probably not.

Audience: (Pugnaciously) But our contracts say we can!

Me:  Yeah, they do. Funny that. Probably not!

Audience: But why?

Me: Because you can’t usually raise a contractual set off against a statutory entitlement.

Audience: Oh!…. What?

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