Risky business
13 September 2012
A recent case highlighted the importance of understanding where the risks lie between parties to a contract. Alan Ma and Peter Cassidy explain why well defined and clearly written indemnity provisions are essential
Doing business inevitably involves evaluating your own burdens and benefits, negotiating the deal with the other party or parties and drafting of the resulting agreement. The five key areas that form the basis of most commercial contracts are total value, risk, cost, cash, and terms and conditions. All these areas are inextricably linked, and necessarily so.
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