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Ontario Provincial Council v. RES Canada Construction 2016 Ont SCJ

Contractor had a collective agreement with the carpenters union. The contractor went bankrupt and the union registered a lien by an individual as trustee of the benefit fund and as agent for all affected union members who had not been paid. The court held that it was not necessary to list the names and addresses of all the unpaid carpenters.

Written by Jonathan Speigel Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices.