News & Insights

Parties considering whether to resolve disputes through arbitration or litigation should first look to their agreements to determine the appropriate course. Two recent out-of-province decisions ... Continued

The British Columbia Law Institute (the “BCLI”) is undertaking a major law reform project on the Builders Lien Act (the “Act”) and has begun a ... Continued

Over the weekend, Roy Nieuwenburg‘s article, “Construction Contracts for Projects in Canada: AIA Documents and CCDC Comparison”, was debuted at the USLAW Conference in San Antonio, ... Continued

On November 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada updated Canadian common law by extending for the first time the principle of good faith to ... Continued

Until now, the MASH (municipal, academic, schools and hospitals) sector has in practice been relatively unscathed by federal trade agreements, such as the Agreement of ... Continued

BC Supreme Court declines to apply final payment certificate release to deny previously unstated claim for interest on late payments BC Supreme Court decision in ... Continued

The claim of lien created by the Builders Lien Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 45 (the “Act”) provides a powerful mechanism for a contractor or a ... Continued

In a recent article titled “Understanding authority levels” that appeared in the Journal of Commerce (June 17, 2013 issue), Stephen Bauld (a procurement consultant and ... Continued

A long line of Canadian court decisions have looked at the issue of whether the contractor’s compliance with contract notice requirements is a condition precedent ... Continued

Our Court of Appeal has said that the Builders Lien Act (the “Act”) is a statute that creates extraordinary remedies. Without the Act, there is ... Continued

The recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Greater Vancouver Water District v. North American Pipe & Steel Ltd. serves as a ... Continued

The British Columbia government recently announced a proposed new Limitation Act which will materially change the rules for limitation periods in the Province. Similar reforms ... Continued