Articles on Construction Law
Sep 03, 2020 | by Elizabeth Raymer | from Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2020
On Oct. 1, 2019, prompt payment and adjudication under the Construction Act came into force in Ontario, which became the first jurisdiction with legislation that combined prompt payment and adjudication in addition to traditional lien legislation. Since then, other jurisdictions have moved to adopt ...
Oct 03, 2014 | by Julius Melnitzer | from Lexpert Magazine October 2014 Issue
Kicking Horse Canyon – Park Bridge (Courtesy of Partnerships BC) Canadian P3 projects have not only endured, they have proliferated. And a steady flow of deals continues to provide opportunities for lawyers, in Canada and around the world Among the advertisements that graced this ...
Nov 23, 2020
Dentons Canada LLP announced that Alim Khamis has joined the firm as partner in its construction and litigation and dispute resolution groups, effective Nov. 18. Joining the Vancouver office from six years working in Dentons’ Dubai office, he is licensed to practice in B.C and in Ontario, as ...
May 02, 2017 | by Duncan W. Glaholt Markus Rotterdam | from 2017 Canadian Lexpert Directory
“MADE IN ONTARIO” STATUTORY ADJUDICATION Exactly ten years ago, we proposed a change in Canada’s construction credit scheme to implement interim binding “real time” dispute resolution from “first shovel” to final turnover. 1 In other words: statutory ...
Mar 18, 2015 | by Ahmad Hathout | from Lexpert DealsWire
Risk allocation in mining contracts are increasingly giving way to more collaborative and shared risk models under certain contractual arrangements in volatile market conditions, construction lawyers say. The use of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contracts for large ...
Jun 21, 2016 | by Lexpert Staff | from 2016 Canadian Lexpert Directory
P3 CONSTRUCTION BOOM CONTINUES P3 construction projects have been significant industry drivers for some years. All the provinces and territories save for the Yukon Territory and Prince Edward Island have P3s in the works or completed. The most recent statistics indicate that Ontario leads the way ...
Jan 15, 2015 | from Lexpert Magazine January 2015 Issue
Jeff Gordon and Richard Yehia joined BLG as associates. Gordon practises intellectual property law and is also a registered patent agent; Yehia advises on construction and surety law.
Jan 06, 2015 | by Lexpert Staff | from 2015 Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory
P3 CONSTRUCTION BOOM CONTINUES P3 construction projects have been significant industry drivers for some years. At press time, all the provinces and territories save for the Yukon Territory and Prince Edward Island have P3s in the works or completed. Ontario leads the way with 107, followed by ...
Feb 01, 2017 | by Julius Melnitzer | from Lexpert Magazine January/February 2017 Issue
IF BRUCE REYNOLDS and Sharon Vogel of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP have their way, Ontario’s construction sector is on the verge of a major legislative overhaul that will fundamentally alter the way it does business. In late September, the government released the report that followed on the two ...
Dec 17, 2020 | by Daniel Polowin | from 2021 Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory
The practice of Construction Law is generally understood to comprise the provision of advice and representation, whether by way of negotiation, judicial proceedings, alternative dispute resolution, mediation, or arbitration, in all matters relating to the construction process including preparation ...
Dec 13, 2019 | from 2020 Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory
According to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, as of December 5, 2017: “Ontario passed legislation to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the construction sector. The Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 includes new prompt payment rules to ensure Ontario construction ...
Dec 06, 2018 | by Brendan D. Bowles Markus Rotterdam | from 2019 Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory
SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN CONSTRUCTION CASES – HAS THE CULTURE SHIFTED? A functioning summary judgment mechanism is crucial to the administration of justice. In the words of Justice Karakatsanis in the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin , 1 full trials have become ...
Dec 06, 2016 | by Duncan W. Glaholt Markus Rotterdam | from 2017 Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory
Exactly ten years ago, we proposed a change in Canada’s construction credit scheme to implement interim binding “real time” dispute resolution from “first shovel” to final turnover. 1 In other words: statutory “adjudication”. Our informal survey of ...
Aug 29, 2014 | by Brian Burton | from Lexpert Special Edition – Infrastructure
In the cash-constrained North, public-private participation partnerships can be especially attractive, but they will not work for every project In a land of ironies, perhaps none is more striking. Despite their storied relationship with their environment, the people of Nunavut are, by some ...
Aug 28, 2015 | by Sheldon Gordon | from Lexpert Special Edition – Infrastructure
Delinquent payment is a major problem in the construction industry, but legislative reforms may help Delinquent payment in the construction industry is a frequent and increasing problem for trade contractors, who say they are sometimes made to wait for periods of four months or longer to be ...
Apr 24, 2020 | by Lexpert Staff | from 2020 Canadian Lexpert Directory
According to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, as of December 5, 2017: “Ontario passed legislation to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the construction sector. The Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 includes new prompt payment rules to ensure Ontario construction ...
Apr 23, 2019 | by Brendan D. Bowles | from 2019 Canadian Lexpert Directory
It is oft said that “hard cases make bad law”. The Canadian approach to contractual notice of delay claims reflects this aphorism. Such clauses are ubiquitous; rarely is a construction contract silent as to the requirement to give notice of a delay claim. One could be forgiven for ...
Apr 12, 2018 | by Lexpert Staff | from 2018 Canadian Lexpert Directory
According to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, as of December 5, 2017: “Ontario passed legislation to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the construction sector. “The Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 includes new prompt payment rules to ensure Ontario ...