Indemnities have become commonplace in modern commercial contracts, with a modern commercial contract often containing numerous Indemnities and using familiar expressions such as "save and hold harmless".
Along with their popularity in modern drafting, cases are starting to come along at an increasing rate and the courts are having to.
However, few lawyers can say with confidence what such expressions mean or even what the advantage of an indemnity is over a straight breach of warranty claim.
Indemnities have become commonplace in modern commercial contracts, with a modern commercial contract often containing numerous Indemnities and using familiar expressions such as "save and hold harmless"