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A person appointed by the court to whom the resolution of a particular issue is entrusted. The decision of a Referee will be binding if accepted or adopted (in an original or varied form) by the court.

The practice of a court referring a dispute to a Referee in order to resolve a particular issue. See Referee.

A release extinguishes another's obligation to perform under a contract or extinguishes some other liability. A released party is discharged from the specified causes of action and liabilities.

Generally arises in the context of the removal of any contamination of land, or the elimination or reduction of any hazard arising from contamination of land. Remediation also includes rehabilitation or restoration of an area to its original condition, or as close to its original condition as possible.

A party will not generally be entitled to recover damage or loss suffered if that loss is deemed by the court to be too remote from its cause. For breach of contract claims, the loss or damage will be too remote unless it can fairly and reasonably be considered as arising naturally from the breach of contract or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time the contract was made, as the probable result of its breach. In tort claims, the loss or damage will be too remote if it was not reasonably foreseeable.

The unwillingness to perform or be bound by a contractual obligation or the denial of the existence of a contract that is serious enough to give the other party the right to terminate. Repudiation is an anticipatory breach of a contract.

An invitation to tenderers to submit an Expression of Interest in respect of a prospective Request for Tender for the supply of certain goods and/or services. A Request for Expression of Interest is often issued to ascertain the level of interest in the market in supplying the goods or services or performing works before the issuing of a formal Request for Tender.

A request by one party to a contract (generally a contractor) to another party (generally the principal) for information in relation to a matter arising out of or in connection with a contract.

Request for Proposal is used interchangeably with Request for Tender.