Legal Blog:
Jan
01
2010
Owner
The Construction Lien Act allows a person to lien an owner’s interest in an improvement. Is an “owner” just the registered owner of land or is “owner” defined more broadly? Can a mortgagee be an owner? If so, what affect does that have on the priority sections of the Act? Parkland Plumbing v. Minaki Lodge Resort 2002 Inc., a 2009 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, answers these questions.
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