Category: Construction
The Construction Prompt Payment Act is not yet in force but will soon represent a significant step toward implementing long-anticipated prompt payment legislation in British Columbia.
In response to widespread concerns about delayed payments to contractors and subcontractors on construction projects several jurisdictions have enacted prompt payment legislation.
If a property owner agrees to a restrictive covenant for a specific purpose, can that covenant be kept if there is only a “remote” possibility of the purpose being fulfilled?
When disputes arise on construction projects, a party sometimes withholds payment from another pending resolution.
The Builders Lien Act establishes mandatory deadlines for the filing of builders liens against title to land in British Columbia.
It is an unfortunately common story in construction litigation: parties agree on a scope of work and price, the scope of work changes and the parties don’t go back to