Legal

Demystifying the confusion with backcharges, deficiencies, warranties and guarantees.

The key feature that distinguishes these project structures from the other two is that, when properly set up, the project or construction manager does not actually perform the physical work.

The question of who is an occupier for the most part turns on who has responsibility for, or control over, the premises, and depends on the facts of each particular circumstance.

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.