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Security reinstatement provisions: worth the paper they are written on?

19 March 2024 / Author(s): Matthew Padian
Issue: July 2023 / Categories: Feature

When I first agreed to pen this article, one of my esteemed colleagues remarked that he was surprised I had agreed to take this on. And when the Editor asked me a very straightforward question – “do security reinstatement provisions work?” – and I responded by saying “honestly, I have no idea”, the omens were not encouraging. Undeterred I enlisted the support of some colleagues at home base. The outcome of our collective efforts follows.

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