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This Week in Construction Law, June 6 – 10, 2022

June 13, 2022

In Ontario, the union representing SNC-Lavalin Group’s engineers has filed a complaint with the national labour board

This Week in Construction Law, May 30 – June 3, 2022

June 6, 2022

In national news, the House of Commons transportation committee has published a report describing the Canada Infrastructure Bank

This Week in Construction Law: May 23 – 27, 2022

May 30, 2022

In Ontario, the carpenters’ union has ratified a deal providing pay increases of 10-12.5% over three years,

This Week in Construction Law: May 16 – 20, 2022

May 23, 2022

In Ontario, operating engineers (including crane operators) have agreed to a deal in the midst of sector-wide

This Week in Construction Law: May 9 – 13, 2022

May 16, 2022

In national news, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a small-business lobby group, is demanding that provincial workers’

This Week in Construction Law: May 2 – 6, 2022

May 8, 2022

In Ontario news, more than 21,000 residential construction workers in the province went on strike on May

Review Of Arbitral Awards: Where Is Sattva Taking Us?

July 12, 2015 / Appeals, Arbitration, British Columbia, Federal, Uncategorized / appeal, Arbitration, error of law, review of arbitral decision, standard of review

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Creston Moly Corp. v. Sattva Capital Corp., 2014 SCC 53 (Sattva) is a seminal decision in the review of arbitral awards. That decision

Can A Change To A Construction Contract Be Set Aside For Duress Or Coercion?

June 23, 2015 / Atlantic Canada, Building Contracts, Claims, Rescission, Uncategorized / Building Contracts, change orders, duress and coercion, recission, waiver

Building projects often give rise to heated discussions. When a change order is made in that sort of situation, can one party later say that the change order was made

Can General Damages Be Awarded For The Breach Of A Building Contract?

June 14, 2015 / Atlantic Canada, Building Contracts, Claims, Damages, Federal, Uncategorized / Building Contracts, damages for mental distress, general damages

Generally speaking, damages for a non-financial loss are not awarded for the breach of a business contract. That is because those sorts of damages are not foreseeable. The breach of

Quebec Court of Appeal Awards Impact Damages

June 1, 2015 / Building Contracts, Claims, Damages, Quebec, Uncategorized / Building Contracts, change order process, Damages, delays, impact costs

When a breach of a building contract occurs, the damages can be extensive because the breach can have an impact on the performance of other parts of the contract. For

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