Service Area: Construction Law

As detailed in another post, Ontario’s Construction Act creates a scheme for the quick resolution of construction disputes via an “interim adjudication”. However, there has[...]

Does Ontario’s Construction Act allow a trust claim to be joined with a lien claim? Until recently in Ontario the answer has not been clear.[...]

This episode is an intersection between environmental law and construction law.  Host Cheryl Gerhardt McLuckie speaks with colleague Brett Hodgins, a member of Commercial Litigation[...]

Ontario’s Construction Act is intended to provide security to contractors and subcontractors in the event that they are not paid for their work on a[...]

There are many different players involved in a construction project, and many different sources of risk. The Construction Act provides tools to allow these players[...]

In a previous blog post, we reviewed the steps that a contractor or supplier must take in order to first “preserve” and then “perfect” a[...]

An earlier blog reviewed the usefulness of contractors’ and suppliers’ trusts, available under section 8.1 of the Construction Act. However, a new decision by Ontario’s[...]

Ontario’s Construction Act establishes a regime of strict rules that governs the relationships between all of the participants in the construction industry, from property owners and lenders[...]

The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (RSO 1990, c O.1, “OSHA”) imposes a regime of strictly-enforced obligations (and potential liability) on any party involved[...]