Manitoba Joins New West Partnership Trade Agreement
On November 17, 2016, it was announced that Manitoba became a party to the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (the “NWPTA”). Manitoba’s accession to the ... Continued
Update – Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
In our September 29, 2014 Construction Law Bulletin, we alerted readers to the projected implications of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement. [“MASH Sector Needs ... Continued
Choosing between arbitration and litigation? Look to your contract and ponder the pitfalls
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
Builders Lien Act Reform in Progress
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
Construction Contracts for Projects in Canada: AIA Documents and CCDC Comparison
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
Duty of Good Faith and Honest Performance Extended to All Contracts in Canada
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
MASH Sector Needs to Brace for Possible New Era in Procurement – Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)
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
Final Certificate of Payment – final no more
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
How to Best “Keep the Funds Flowing”, While Dealing With a Holdback Lien
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
Understanding authority levels – applied to RFPs and tenders
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
Ebb and flow of courts’ enforcement of contract notice requirements
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
Liens – Extraordinary Remedy!
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