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Managing subcontracting risk

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 20 2010

When I was young, a local television station would regularly run a public service announcement just before the late night news: "It's 11 o'clock, do you know where your children are?"

Commodity forward purchase agreement: an alternative financing mechanism for junior mining companies

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 16 2013

Given the current environment of falling metal prices and increasingly elusive sources of attractive capital, mining issuers are turning to

Attaching standard legal terms to RFPS top eight considerations

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • December 6 2011

Economic considerations and efficiency gains are forcing companies to reconsider their procurement strategies

Who’s the boss? An owner’s responsibilities to subcontractors

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 29 2012

Since the landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada over 30 years ago in The Queen (Ont.) v. Ron Engineering (1981), project owners have come to understand that issuing a formal call for tenders likely gives rise to enforceable contractual obligations with all bidding contractors submitting compliant bids

Supreme Court of Canada releases landmark decision in Tercon case

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 12 2010

On February 12, 2010 the Supreme Court of Canada released its highly anticipated decision in the Tercon Construction Ltd. v. British Columbia (Transportation and Highways

Federal government releases draft legislation to reform federal regulatory system

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 27 2012

On April 26, 2012, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-38, the 2012 Budget Bill

SCC rejects doctrine of fundamental breach in context of exclusion clauses - Tercon Contractors v. British Columbia, 2010 SCC 4, February 12, 2010

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 25 2010

In an important ruling arising out of a disputed public procurement process, the Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected the doctrine of fundamental breach, substituting a three-stage test of the enforceability of an exclusion-of-liability clause that considers (i) whether the clause actually applies to the type of breach that is alleged, (ii) unconscionability, and (iii) public policy

Opportunity knocks: government contracting in Saudi Arabia

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada, Saudi Arabia
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  • July 23 2012

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a land of opportunity for Canadians and Canadian businesses

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 22 2012

Canadian multinational Bombardier Transportation, is accused of paying a bribe to win a Gauteng Rapid-Rail System tender worth 26bn Rand in 2005

Enforceability of exclusion clauses

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 9 2010

Tercon Contractors Ltd v. British Columbia is an important recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada about the interpretation and enforceability of exclusion clauses