Mixed Feelings On Prompt-Payment Construction Adjudication

There have been mixed reviews since Ontario became the first province to implement a prompt-payment construction adjudication system for disputes in the construction industry in July 2019.

Lexpert has written a piece that canvasses the legal industry's reaction to the process after its first few years in operation. The article reads, "[p]rompt-payment adjudication produces an interim, binding decision, which can be set aside later through arbitration or a court proceeding."

The article says there have been mixed reviews on the process, with critics citing the speed with which it moves being too fast to fully develop a position, particularly those on the receiving end of a unfavourable decision.