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A body of law to call our own in the age of globalization
A little off the topic of construction law. A recent post by Simon Chester at slaw.ca discusses Professor Peter McCormick’s work – specifically his book, Supreme at Last: The Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada – on the sources of authority cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in their decisions: http://www.slaw.ca/2010/01/27/65-years-of-change-in-what-the-supreme-court-cites/.
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Mediation is good business
American construction lawyer Christopher Hill’s latest thoughts have been on the effectiveness of mediation. He gives three good reasons why, in his opinion, mediation works:
It’s cheaper than litigation,
Mediated outcomes can be far more flexible than those possible at trial, and
The parties retain ultimate decision-making control, instead of giving it up to the court.
I agree [...]
Put the bucket down
Keeping a handle on workplace practices is rarely on top of the priority list for owners and managers of small and medium-sized companies – there are too many other core tasks to stay on top of in the day-to-day running of the business. Managers at larger companies have the luxury of hiring a staffer [...]
Bid Bombing
I was reading through my weekly list of construction law blogs when I noticed this post about “bid bombing.” The post draws attention to a recent article in Engineering News Record.
So-called bid bombs are bids that come in substantially lower than other competing bids. In these situations the other competing bids might be [...]
Construction Law Terms and Definitions
After receiving some feedback about my first case comments, I realized that for anyone without legal training, even contractors who deal with legal documents on a daily basis, some common legal terms might be foreign in meaning. The obvious solution was to create a quick list of contract and construction law terms and definitions. [...]
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Law Blogs
Several of the law blogs that I’ve posted links to on my links page are American in origin, especially those law blogs specifically focused on construction law. This a partly because the legal community in the U.S. is necessarily larger than that in Canada, and it might make more sense for a lawyer there [...]
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Construction Law Links
And since this site is brand new I suppose the first order of business is a gratutitous links page. But I have included only links that, in my opinion, are of real potential use or interest to anyone interested in construction law in this jurisdiction. Happy clicking.
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New Law Blog
I am Adam Baker and this is my law weblog. I decided to set up this site for two reasons: (i) It allows me to spend time keeping up with an area of the law that interests me generally, and (ii) few other law blogs (“blawgs”) in Canada have tackled construction law specifically (n.b.: [...]
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Proposed National Infrastructure Bank for US