Month: April 2025

Wise up to subject to contract

In your quote, estimate or proposal, do you say it is ‘subject to contract? Would you have an email footer saying ‘Any offers made in an email or attachments are subject to contract’? Do you even really know what this phrase means? When I first practised as a lawyer, lots

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Risks with subcontract indemnities

Subcontracts are used throughout the modern global economy. On a construction project they enable a contractor to buy in expertise. The contractor stays legally responsible for carrying out all its scope of works, and will try and safeguard its position by mirroring key obligations, processes, and quality requirements from the main

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