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Security for Costs

Gowing Contractors Ltd. Walsh Construction Company Canada 2022 Ont SCJ

General posted bonds to vacate a sub’s claims for liens on two projects. Later, it moved for security for costs. The associate judge refused the request because the holdback amounts were significant and because the general offered insufficient proof as to the setoff it claimed for alleged deficiencies.

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