Claims in British Columbia
| Article | Place | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Extension of time in British ColumbiaBC created the Canadian law of delay and has barely touched it since 2015. Lien clocks, purposive notice, apportionment, and no adjudication yet. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| British Columbia delay claim clocksIn BC the clock that kills a delay claim is a Builders Lien Act clock, 45 days, 55 days, one year. Not the two-year Limitation Act. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Notice and time bars in British ColumbiaBC reads construction notice clauses purposively, not mechanically. Less strict than Ontario's Technicore line. And it cuts both ways. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Prevention and time at large in British ColumbiaBC holds the strongest candidate for a Canadian judgment finding time at large, Hawl-Mac (1985), plus both national prevention anchors. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Concurrent delay and apportionment in British ColumbiaBC apportions concurrent delay as damages, not entitlement, no Malmaison, no dominant cause, no first-in-time, and no ruling on North Midland drafting. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Prolongation, acceleration and quantum in British ColumbiaGolden Hill is probably not a BC acceleration case. What BC pays for delay: actual-cost overhead, the W A Stephenson total-cost gateway, no methodology. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Limitation periods and claim accrual in British ColumbiaIn BC the Builders Lien Act clocks, not the Limitation Act, kill delay claims. Contracting out is unsettled and no BC case decides accrual. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Liens, holdback and the statutory trust in British ColumbiaBC does have a construction trust. Builders Lien Act ss 10–14. The 45-day lien clock, 55-day holdback and hard one-year trust limit, explained. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Prompt payment and adjudication in British ColumbiaBC has no prompt payment or adjudication: the Construction Prompt Payment Act is not in force, and will apply only to contracts made after commencement. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Arbitration, experts and forum in British ColumbiaBC delay doctrine stalled because s 59 and Sattva make arbitral EOT findings unreviewable. The expert duty is s 35, and BC caps no experts. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |
| Public works and infrastructure in British ColumbiaMOTI, Site C and BC P3 delay clauses compared: 14-day and 5-business-day notice, time-only weather relief, no Crown notice, climate risk left to drafting. | British Columbia | August 10, 2026 |