The recent decision of the Australia High Court in Andrews v. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. is important for the building industry. While
Canada has recently signed a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with the People’s Republic of China. Under the Agreement, a complaining investor is
A: OVERVIEW The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co of Canada[1] is a seminal decision
A clause obliging the insurer to defend an insured, or pay for the insured’s defence, is a well know feature of liability insurance policies. Recently,
Overview Courts are often unwilling to hold that an agreement is unenforceable for uncertainty when, by all appearances, the parties intended to make a contract.
Can the conduct of the parties after they have signed a commercial contract influence the interpretation of the arbitration agreement contained in that contract? If
An arbitration is usually considered to be a less formal type of dispute resolution than court litigation. For this reason it may be thought that
The scope of an insurer’s duty to defend is a crucial issue in relating to any liability insurance policy, particularly those applying to building projects.
When the court pierces the corporate veil of a corporation, can another party be found to be the real party to the contract? Or is
Time is money on a building project. And the obligation of the owner and the contractor to proceed expeditiously with the project may be one
