CPD: Defective Work Litigation: Prepares Legal Practitioners for Common Contractor Disputes

Cases involving contractors and renovators are very common especially for those with defective workmanship allegations.

Learn what every legal practitioner needs to know.

Expected Takeaways

The Defective Work Litigation presentation explains:

• The law of what actually defines a defect;
• The implied warranty applicable to defects;
• The right to, and duty to, mitigate defects;
• The liability upon a contractor for cost to correct hazards even before an actual problem arises;
• The limits of personal liability protection provided by the supposed corporate veil;
• The vicarious liability upon a general contractor for defects by subcontractors;
• The strategy for determining which contractors and subcontractors to name as defendants;
• The applicability of general damages for stress and delays within a defects case; and
• The many more issues that you need to know about these construction law cases.

Materials Included:

• A sixty-six (66) page handout containing extensive case law, fully cited, and linked to CanLII for convenient future use as quick reference secondary source material;
• A sample Plaintiff's Claim pleading and Defence pleading for convenient future use when preparing defective workmanship documents;
• A sample Scott Schedule document for assistance in summarizing the case issues and respective positions taken by parties to the litigation;
• A six (6) hour course delivered over three evening sessions containing a highly informative presentation with numerous anecdotal stories and examples to bring learning points home; and
• A Certificate of Participation that syndicates to your Profile page throughout the Success.Legal network.