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OBA CPD Panel Addresses Bill 142

  • 19 décembre 2017
  • Jay Nathwani

On October 3, 2017, members of the OBA Construction Law Section and other interested attendees were privileged to have the opportunity to be guided through the upcoming amendments to the Construction Lien Act by a distinguished panel at the OBA’s CPD event, “The Authoritative View of the Construction Lien Amendment Act, Bill 142.”

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
Security for Costs and Holdback Entitlement

Security for Costs and Holdback Entitlement

  • 30 mai 2017
  • Katherine Thornton

In Yuanda Canada Enterprises Ltd. v. Pier 27 Toronto Inc., Master Wiebe broke new ground and denied Defendants security for costs in part because of the Plaintiff’s holdback entitlement which exceeded the Defendant’s costs for the action.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
Ontario Government to Restructure Tarion

Ontario Government to Restructure Tarion

  • 21 avril 2017
  • James Clinton and Richard Wong

On March 28, 2017, Minister of Government and Consumer Services Tracy MacCharles announced that the Ontario government intends to proceed with many of the 37 recommendations contained in the 2016 independent review conducted by the Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham, QC.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
<em>Dismissal for Delay: Southwestern Sales Corp. v. Spurr Bros. Ltd.</em>

Dismissal for Delay: Southwestern Sales Corp. v. Spurr Bros. Ltd.

  • 27 mars 2017
  • David I. Bristow, Q.C.

In July of 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal, in Southwestern Sales Corp. v. Spurr Bros. Ltd., 2016 ONCA 590, delivered judgment in a case of dismissal of six construction lien actions and one trust action for delay.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
Our Section's Annual Tour

Our Section's Annual Tour

  • 28 février 2017
  • David Debenham

As Toronto Lifemagazine does a feature article on how Toronto’s new Super Jail is “the Billion Dollar Hellhole”, I cannot help but reflect on what an incredible value the Construction and Infrastructure’s annual year-end tours are.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
<em>Jade-Kennedy Development Corporation (Re), 2016</em> ONSC 7125

Jade-Kennedy Development Corporation (Re), 2016 ONSC 7125

  • 28 février 2017
  • Justin Zuccon

Priority disputes can get messy, especially where there are more than one borrower and mortgagee involved; over a dozen lien claimants asserting their priorities; and multiple advances to different parties in different amounts made at different times under different mortgages and credit facilities.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure
Don’t Scoff at the s.12 Set-Off – Retain Payment from the Multi-Project Claimant

Don’t Scoff at the s.12 Set-Off – Retain Payment from the Multi-Project Claimant

  • 26 janvier 2017
  • Alexander Wilkes

In instances where a party hires a contractor to conduct work on multiple, unrelated projects, the contractor may be owed an undisputed amount on one project, yet the payer may wish to retain this undisputed amount until such time as disputed amounts on a second, unrelated project are addressed.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure