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		<title>Performance, and Labour and Materials Payment Bonds &#8211; Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Surety&#8217;s Defences to a Bond Claim</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The comfort provided by a surety bond can be lost easily if one does not cross one’s T’s and dot one’s I’s. However, by being aware of the defences most often raised by sureties you can chart a course that reduces the likelihood that the surety bond ends up as nothing more than a souvenir of a construction project gone wrong.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A contractor who made a mistake in price in a tender cannot walk away from its bid, even if the tender instructions call for submission of additional documentation, in which the mistake becomes obvious, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently held.[1] This decision is an important re-affirmation of the principle that contractors are bound by&#160;<a href="http://www.thelitigator.ca/2005/10/contractor-pays-for-mistake-in-bid-price/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked to speak on the topic of construction bonds. In speaking to you today I shall attempt to avoid, where possible, boring you with endless legal jargon and precedents but concentrate on practical advice from one who has had to deal with a number of substantial bond claims in several Provinces of&#160;<a href="http://www.thelitigator.ca/2004/02/construction-bonds/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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