Prompt Payment Update—Ontario Superior Court Confirms Adjudicator's Decision Is Not Final
The enactment of prompt payment and fast-track adjudication legislation across Canada has created some uncertainty regarding the finality of an adjudicator's decision. In the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice SCJ, Arad Incorporated v Rejali, 2023 ONSC 3949 [Arad], the SCJ considered this issue and held that the adjudicator's decision was not a final determination of the parties' legal rights.1