This Week in Construction Law, June 6 – 10, 2022
June 13, 2022
In Ontario, the union representing SNC-Lavalin Group’s engineers has filed a complaint with the national labour board
This Week in Construction Law, May 30 – June 3, 2022
June 6, 2022
In national news, the House of Commons transportation committee has published a report describing the Canada Infrastructure Bank
This Week in Construction Law: May 23 – 27, 2022
May 30, 2022
In Ontario, the carpenters’ union has ratified a deal providing pay increases of 10-12.5% over three years,
This Week in Construction Law: May 16 – 20, 2022
May 23, 2022
In Ontario, operating engineers (including crane operators) have agreed to a deal in the midst of sector-wide
This Week in Construction Law: May 9 – 13, 2022
May 16, 2022
In national news, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a small-business lobby group, is demanding that provincial workers’
This Week in Construction Law: May 2 – 6, 2022
May 8, 2022
In Ontario news, more than 21,000 residential construction workers in the province went on strike on May
Case Review – Backyard XP Inc. v. Cesario-Valela, 2023 ONSC 6312
To have a just cause is to be in the right, but "technically right" is the best kind of right. Your timely reminder that statutes have regulations and regulations have bite.
Case Review – 1361556 Alberta Ltd. v. Ristorante Cosa Nostra Inc., 2023 ABKB 590
An Italian restaurant serves up a tale of betrayal and vengeance, featuring financial ruin, a wildfire, and untimely death. Even more interesting, a study of when exactly a landlord acquires liability for a builders’ lien.
Case Review – BSSD Excavating & Landscaping Ltd. v. Green Blvd. Construction Ltd., 2023 BCSC 1685
Can a lien be cancelled if it claims an unreasonable amount owed? Can s. 24 of the Builders Lien Act be used as a backdoor method of cancelling a lien? Are remedies under the Land Title Act available in a builders' lien action? Is there a price to be paid for asking these questions? The answers lie within.
Case Review – S3i Inc. v. Ecolomondo Environmental (Hawkesbury) Inc., 2023 ONSC 5071
A meditation on abandonment. Also a comparison of section 47 and rule 20 applications.