In its simplest form, under a knock-for-knock indemnity each party to a contract agrees to bear responsibility for and indemnify the other in respect of loss of or damage to their and their group’s (which would include their contractors and sub-contractors) property, and injury to or death of their and their group’s employees, as well as any other specified losses, for example, consequential loss or environmental liability, regardless of fault.
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