Lessons Learned Superior courts are confirmed to have jurisdiction to vacate a lien involving Crown land. Understand the implications of the statutory phrase “with
Lessons Learned Do not assume that because a closely-related matter is working its way through the appellate courts that the limitation period in your
Lessons Learned Canadian courts and legislative bodies continue to promote efficient lien claims and protect them from the gravitational pull of pre-trial litigation sprawl,
Lessons Learned No decision better demonstrates the bow wave of unnecessary destruction and expense that expands in the wake of emotionally-fuelled squabbling. It destroys
Lessons Learned Take advantage of the intended efficiencies of builders’ lien procedure by cooperating with other lienholders and the court to streamline filings and
This question seems very straightforward, but when the Arbitration Act provides several rights of appeal, depending on what the parties have or have not agreed
The courts of British Columbia have recently wrestled with the question whether they can review the award of an arbitrator dealing with the exercise of
You might think that there is one answer to this question. But in Pickering Square Inc. v. Trillium College Inc., the Court of Appeal for
Parties who select arbitral rules, or the administration facilities of an arbitral institution, may do so because they believe that the rules or institution will
The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Creston Moly Corp. v. Sattva Capital Corp., 2014 SCC 53 (Sattva) is a seminal decision in the review
