On December 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada
(
SCC ) released its decision in
C.M. Callow Inc v Tammy Zollinger
Callow ); this decision will
impact contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and various other
components of the construction industry. The SCC clarified the duty
of honest performance in contractual obligations and what may be
considered a breach of this duty.
What You Need to Know
Parties to a contract have a duty of honest performance;
The duty of honest performance means that parties must not lie
or otherwise knowingly mislead each other about matters directly
linked to the performance of the contract;
Following
Callow, a breach of the duty of honest
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The New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes MP has proposed a series of changes to the
Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW) under a new Rapid Assessment Framework (Framework).
The proposed Framework introduces a range of measures designed to streamline and standardise the development assessment process for State-significant projects. These measures include the introduction of ‘template environmental assessment requirements, a suite of environmental impact assessment guidelines and a new registered Environmental Assessment Practitioners Scheme.
Consultation on the Framework is open until 12 February 2021.
(
Booz Allen ), wherein it was
held that in eviction or tenancy matters which are governed by
special statues and where tenant enjoys statutory protection as a class is a matter of public interest and only the
specified court has been conferred exclusive jurisdiction to
adjudicate the same.
Later, in 2017, the issue regarding arbitrability of lease
dispute was once again re-visited by the Supreme Court in the case
of
Himangi Enterprises and after relying on the said
ratios of
Booze Allen and
Natraj Studios the
court rejected the application filed by the tenant (defendant)
under section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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On January 8, 2021, The Real Brokerage Inc. (TSXV: REAX) (OTCQX:
REAXF)( Real ) completed the acquisition of the business
assets and intellectual property of RealtyCrunch Inc.
RealtyCrunch is a collaboration web and mobile app for home
buyers and real estate agents. Launched in September 2020, it has
already attracted over 2,000 real estate agents in the US who use
it to streamline communication and document signing with their
clients.
The transaction was satisfied in cash for an aggregate purchase
price of US$1.1 million plus 184,275 common share purchase warrants