b'LEGAL CORNERIndemnifying your businessThe importance of accurate draftingBy/par Jeremy Power & Amir SodagarIndemnisation de votre entrepriseLa jurisprudence rcente montre limportance de la rdaction exacteF or contractors, construction contracts often seem filled withL escontratsdeconstructionsemblentsouvent filler or boilerplate terms and provisions. No matter whatremplisdeconditionsoudedispositionsgn-their lawyers tell them, they may overlook the details orrales. Peu importe ce quen disent les avocats, ils assume things are standard and not bother to negotiate to the extentpeuvent ngliger les dtails ou prsumer que les choses necessary to protect themselves. This is a dangerous and foolhardysontordinairesetnepassedonnerlapeinedengo-way to operate. Take, for instance, indemnity clauses. cier. Cest l une imprudence. Prenez, par exemple, les Indemnification, also referred to as indemnity, is an undertakingclauses dindemnisation.by one party (the indemnifying party) to compensate the otherLindemnisation est un engagement pris par une partie party(theindemnifiedparty)forcertaincostsandexpenses,(la partie indemnisante) dindemniser lautre partie (la partie typically stemming from third-party claims. Indemnification canindemnise) pour certains cots et dpenses, dcoulant also cover direct claims, which are claims or causes of action thatdes rclamations de tierces parties. Elle peut galement one contracting party has against the other.couvrir les rclamations directes. A typical indemnification clause consists of two separate andUneclausedindemnisationtypiquesecomposede distinctobligations:1)anobligationtoindemnify,and2)andeux obligations : 1) une obligation dindemnisation, et 2) obligation to defend. These two obligations can have far-reachingune obligation de dfense. Ces deux obligations peuvent (and expensive) consequences depending on how you contract. Foravoir des consquences profondes (et coteuses) selon la 40 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2022'