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La loi instituant l’Autorité des marchés publics : Quoi de neuf ?
Recueil de textes de la conférence Miller Thomson 2018 en droit de la construction Le 1er décembre 2017, les députés de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec ont adopté à l’unanimité la Loi favorisant la surveillance des contrats des organismes publics et...
International Comparative Legal Guide to: Construction & Engineering Law 2018
William Kenny and Leanna Olson, with contributions from Fergus Schappert, Andréanne Sansoucy, Nick Willis and Haley Edmonds, authored the Canada chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Construction & Engineering Law 2018. This publication covers common issues in construction and engineering...
FIDIC Yellow Book Update – What’s New?
The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (“FIDIC”) is an international standards organization for consulting, engineering and construction, which publishes standard form contracts between employers (owners) and contractors that are often considered to be the preferred contracts for use on international...
Recreational Cannabis in the Workplace – Lessons from Workplace Impairment Cases
Under current legislation, the production, possession and trafficking of marijuana is prohibited under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C. 1996, c. 19, subject to certain exemptions such as medical marijuana. Federal Bill C-45 (also known as the Cannabis Act)...
Summary Judgment – Confusion in Alberta
Summary judgment has been a hot topic since the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 [Hryniak]. Following Hryniak, the high standard of proof previously required for summary judgment was relaxed, and the importance of...
The Importance of the Standard of Review in Judicial Appeals of Arbitration Awards
In 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada issued two separate decisions regarding appeals of arbitration awards: Attorney General of Quebec v. Ronald Guérin, [2017] 2 SCR 3 (“Guérin”) and Teal Cedar v. British Columbia, [2017] 1 SCR 688 (“Teal Cedar”)....
Settlement Releases and Unforeseen Claims
In May 2017, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled on the rarely heard matter of the scope of a release of claims.[1] Specifically, it touched on how settlement releases should be interpreted when considering claims that were unknown at...
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Principes de base en matière de quantification des dommages
Recueil de textes de la conférence Miller Thomson 2018 en droit de la construction 1. Introduction Le fondement du recours en dommages-intérêts est la responsabilité civile qui peut être « contractuelle », en cas de manquement à une obligation contenue dans un...
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Cannabis sur les chantiers : employeurs préoccupés
Recueil de textes, Conférence Miller Thomson 2018 en droit de la construction À l’aube de l’entrée en vigueur annoncée pour la fin de l’été 2018 du projet de loi C-45 qui entend légaliser la consommation de cannabis à des fins...
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Preuve de compétence et d’expérience – une condition d’admissibilité majeure ?
Journal L’Entrepreneur Général – Édition printemps 2018 Dans EBC inc. c. Ville de Montréal [1], le tribunal souligne que le fait qu’un donneur d’ouvrage exige, dans le cadre d’un appel d’offres, que les soumissionnaires démontrent leur compétence ou leur expérience...
