ODACC 2023 Annual Report: Key takeaways from the implementation of the prompt payment/statutory adjudication regime in Ontario
Ontario has had four years of prompt payment/statutory adjudication under its belt following changes made in 2019 to the province’s Construction Act (formerly the Construction Lien Act). The Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (“ODACC”), the Authorized Nominating Authority, is […]
Interim and non-binding: How much weight (if any) will a Court give an adjudicator’s decision on a motion for the return of posted security in a lien claim?
The prompt payment and adjudication provisions under the Construction Act (the “Act”)[1] have been in effect since October 1, 2019. Since then, Courts have had to grapple with the existence of a parallel regime for the resolution of construction disputes. […]
Standard or custom ODACC adjudication? Depends on how prepared you are to pay
You are contacted by a client who is owed money on a construction project and wants to commence a statutory adjudication under the Construction Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30 (the “Act”). Before filing a notice of adjudication, the client wants […]
