Indemnify, hold harmless or save harmless?

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Title

Author(s)

Gomes, Sean

Vol [Iss]

36 (3)

Pagination

21 - 23

Abstract

These common terms are familiar to anyone with contract experience, but there is still debate on the shades of legal meaning that each signifies. Sean Gomes looks to the case law for answers

Subject(s)

Contracts Indemnities

Record Number

13742

Accession Date

14/12/2016

Section

Contract law

Cases Referred To

3 Total Oil Products (Aust) Pty Ltd v Robinson [1970] 1 NSWR 701 Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 Erect Safe Scaffolding (Aus) Pty Ltd v Sutton (2008) 72 NSWLR 1 Farstad Supply AS v Enviroco Ltd [2008] CSOH 63 Farstad Supply AS v Enviroco [2010] UKSC 18 Queen Villas Homeowners Association v TCB Property Management 149 Cal. App. 4th 1 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 Yeoman Credit Ltd v Latter [1961] 2 All ER 294