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Forked Tongue Leave

In our newsletter of July 2005, we discussed the case of Double N Earthmovers Ltd. v. City of Edmonton, a 2005 decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal. The owner had not checked whether a tenderer had complied with the specifications before it let the contract and, after it let the contract, waived the impugned specifications. The court held that the owner owed no duty to the other tenderer, who had complied with the specifications, after the owner let the contract. The Supreme Court of Canada has allowed the other tenderer leave to appeal the decision.