Legal

Situations can arise where a contractor or supplier might stop work for various reasons.

If subcontractors are to be bound by a prime contract, they need to understand its terms.

Anticipate changes in your contract.

Taking care to properly describe the scope of work, in as much detail as possible, will go a long way toward preventing disputes.

Our law firm first became members of Landscape Ontario in 1998, and I first wrote a column for Horticulture Review in March of 1999.

Last year we revisited risk management under the winter maintenance contract. In doing so, we cautioned that an insurance crisis would soon be upon us.

If you don’t have a dispute with the client every now and then, you don’t have enough clients.

Consider the following hypothetical situation: A contractor is retained to erect a box-shaped building for an owner on lands that are now part of a subdivision.

Years ago, we acted for a subcontractor who found himself on the receiving end of charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Most of us have heard of the new home warranty, however, we may not understand how that program works.