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The standard tactic in such situations is to send another email. "Hey Gerald, thanks for coming to see me. My understanding of your points was X, Y and Z. Let me know if that's wrong".

Either they reply or don't. Either way you have established the paper trail. Possession might be nine tenths of the law, but the other ten tenths are coming to court with written evidence to defeat verbal evidence.

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I've written those types of emails you describe, Jacques: "My understanding is..."

It's an excellent way to leave an audit trail.

This guy dealt with that, simply by not replying or acknowledging the email, then claiming "That's not what I agreed to." His boss would support him. It worked, most of the time.

Scott Adams once wrote a book: "The Way of the Weasel." It has some techniques in there that are remarkably familiar.

For sure, but sometimes the boss has a boss. Or takes you to HR. Or some other thing you didn't think of in advance. In all these cases it didn't matter tactically, but it did strategically.

If that's the case, look for a new job. The current one is FUBAR.

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