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Welcome to the CCCL

Our Mission -
The purpose of the College is to facilitate and encourage the association of outstanding lawyers who are distinguished for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice or teaching of construction law and who are dedicated to excellence in the specialized practice of construction law.

Through the association of such members in an environment of collegiality and good fellowship, the College shall strive to nurture, improve and enhance the practice and understanding of construction law.

Officers of the College

CCCL President
William L. (Mick) Ryan, Q.C.

Contact Infomation

c/o Stewart McKelvey
Barristers & Solicitors
Purdy's Wharf Tower One
Suite 900
P.O. Box 997
1959 Upper Water Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3J 2X2
Tel: (902) 420-3200
Fax: (902) 420-1417

E-mail: wryan@smss.com
Website: www.smss.com


Immediate Past President
Daniel Ayotte, Q.C.

Vice-President
W. Andrew McLauchlin

Secretary
Louis-Michel Tremblay

Treasurer
Howard Wise

Program Co-Ordinator

Derek Brindle, Q.C.
 


Governors of the College

The Board of Governors includes all of the Officers listed above, all Past Presidents (as ex-officio fellows), as well as:

Olivier Kott

David Marr

Kenneth McCullough, Q.C.

Marina Pratchett, Q.C.

Joel Richler

Richard Shaban


Shea N. Bunston is the CCCL's Website Committee Chair. Send mail to her at sheabunston@rogers.com or to Nicholas J. Dasios of Erevna Technologies with questions or comments about this web site.

 

College News

Announcements

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

The 13th Annual Canadian College of Construction Lawyers Conference will be held May 27 – May 30, 2010 at The Westin Nova Scotian Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Conference details and agenda to follow.


The Canadian College of Construction Lawyers extends its congratulations to its Honourable Fellows:

The Honourable Neil C. Wittmann

The Honourable Michael F. Harrington

The Honourable Yves Poirier

for their most recent judicial appointments and to its Fellow:

Donald W. Goodfellow, Esq, Q.C., C.Arb.

for his recognition by the Calgary Construction Association as a "Champion of Education".

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to access individual details


The 12th Annual Canadian College of Construction Lawyers Conference was held on May 28 – May 31, 2009 at THE RITZ-CARLTON in Chicago, Illinois.

Please click here for a review of the Conference


Matthew Alter

Featured Article,

January 2010

Maystar General Contractors Inc. v. Newmarket (Town), 2009 ONCA 675

 © 2009 Matthew R. Alter

ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL

RE-AFFIRMS THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE TENDER PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO FOSTER FAIR

AND ORDERLY BIDDING

In a decision released September 24, 2009, on an appeal heard March 24, 2009, the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the Town of Newmarket’s appeal from the decision of Justice Laurence Pattillo dated May 6, 2008 [reported in L.U.C. #75].  The application judge found the Town to be in breach of contract with Maystar for accepting the non-compliant bid of Bondfield Construction Company Inc. for the construction of a recreation centre.

The central issues on this appeal were:

1.      Did the application judge err in law by failing to apply the principles in the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Bradscot (MCL) Ltd. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (1999), 42 O.R. (3d) 723 (C.A.) and by distinguishing the case on the facts?

2.      Did the Town’s tender documents allow it to accept Bondfield’s bid?

3.      Did the application judge err by finding that a discrepancy in price necessarily rendered Bondfield’s bid non-compliant?

4.      Was the Town entitled to accept a non-compliant bid and did the Town’s Instructions to Bidders prevent Maystar from suing the Town?

Issue 1:  The applicability of the Bradscot decision

Madam Justice Feldman, writing for the Court of Appeal, agreed with the application judge that the Bradscot case was distinguishable on its facts from the circumstances in this case.

... Click here for the full article


 

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