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.
One of the difficult issues in construction law is the duty owed, if any, by the owner’s consultant to the contractor. In particular, does the
In Swift v. Eleven Eleven Architecture Inc., the Alberta Court of Appeal recently considered the impact and scope of a limitation of liability clause in
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently dealt with the issue of what sort of representations amount to fraud, and what representations survive an “entire agreements”
Construction projects don’t often proceed without a lender. And often there is an interim lender which provides financing pending the advancement of funds by the
Can an informal tender process which is not part of a bid depository system give rise to liability for negligent misrepresentation? Can it give rise
This decision was upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal on April 26, 2011: Jagosky v. Huntsville (Town), 2011 ONCA 324 (CanLII) https://bit.ly/kIB5Sz
An addition to my April 17, 2011 article on the start of a limitation period for a negligent construction claim has been made due to
When Does the Limitation Period Start For A Negligent Construction Claim? The law of Limitations creates a difficult question for those involved in construction projects:
Courts do not often examine the authority of a Consultant on a construction project and the liability consequences if the Consultant oversteps its authority. That
