In Westport Insurance v. BDA Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was tasked with resolving a novel issue regarding a conflict between adjudication awards under...

The common employer doctrine is a legal doctrine that can be used to extend an employment relationship to an entity that may not be party to an employee's employment contract, but acts sufficiently like an employer that it could also be held liable to the employee for employment-related claims, such as wrongful or constructive dismissal.

The factual background to Backyard was relatively sparse.

Over the past several years, much has been made in Ontario about the importance of proper and timely disclosure of settlement agreements amongst parties in litigation proceedings.

In Grupo Unidos por el Canal, S.A. v. Autoridad del Canal de Panama ("Grupo Unidos v ACP"), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the "Court of Appeals")...

In Symtech Innovations Ltd. v Siemens Canada Limited, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered a series of arguments advanced by a party advancing a delay claim (Symtech Innovations Ltd.) …

In Todd Brothers Contracting Ltd. v. Wessuc Inc, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was faced with a request for relief from forfeiture in relation to the not-unusual scenario of a labour and material payment bond claim delivered outside of the bond's notice period.

In the recent decision of MGW-Homes Design Inc. v Pasqualino, the Court of Appeal for Ontario was presented with the novel question of the appropriate appeal route for orders vacating a writ of enforcement ...

In the construction industry, letters of credit serve a vital function as project security and as a means of securing lien claims, in both cases facilitating the flow of funds.

In Heckman v. Live Nation, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed the enforceability of arbitration provisions in Ticketmaster's Terms of Use, particularly in the context of a mandatory arbitration system ...

In Gay Company Limited v. 962332 Ontario Inc, 2023 ONSC 6023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice provided guidance as to what constitutes "registration" under the Construction Act.

As our readers are aware, Ontario's Construction Act succeeded Ontario's Construction Lien Act ("CLA") in 2018. Notwithstanding the new legislation taking effect, however, elements of the CLA still...

In Waygar Capital Inc. v. Quality Rugs of Canada Limited, 2024 ONSC 2486[1], the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was asked, in somewhat unusual circumstances...

In 2018, the Construction Lien Act (the "CLA") (as it was then called) underwent significant legislative reform that resulted in a number of revisions...

This matter arose as a result of issues in respect of the construction of the University Health Network Centre for Cell & Vector Production

Eurobank Ergasias S.A. v Bombardier Inc is an important decision of the Supreme Court of Canada addressing letters of credit.

In Tenoes, Tenoes Construction – the lien claimant, who was a sole proprietorship without legal representation given their lawyer's "recent" removal from the record ...

Beyond the brick and mortar, a condominium functions as a community.

It is a truism in the construction industry that a project will, outside of exceptional circumstances, encounter some sort of delay.

Below we consider the Divisional Court's decision in Devlan Construction Ltd v SRK Woodworking Inc, 2023 ONSC 3035 ("Devlan Construction") and its implications...