April 24, 2024 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The past few years have seen both owners and contractors of infrastructure projects re-evaluate how to best mitigate risk and manage disputes more efficiently, often looking for more creative solutions to resolve increasingly complex and unexpected challenges.

Please join members of our Arbitration team for a cross-country discussion on the recent trends and developments impacting major projects and infrastructure developments.

A brief Q&A session will follow the presentation.

Topics:

  • Guidance on new and emerging contract models, including a summary of the key risks involved in each
  • Key considerations at different stages of a project
    • Drafting, including dispute resolution provisions
    • Project considerations 
  • New and emerging case law about trends in arbitral procedure, including the interaction between court and arbitral processes

Blakes Speakers:

Seminar Details:
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
12 – 1 p.m. (ET)
Online

Mandatory Continuing Education:

Ontario
This program is eligible for up to 1 Substantive hour.

British Columbia
This program has been accredited for up to 1.00 CPD Credit Hour with The Law Society of British Columbia.

Quebec

Please note that pursuant to the amendments to the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats (Regulation respecting mandatory continuing education for lawyers – available in French only) of the Barreau du Québec, which came into force on April 1, 2019, the status of "recognized provider" and the mandatory "recognition" of activities have been abolished.

Blakes will continue to provide you with a confirmation of participation for your records. As stipulated in the above-mentioned regulation, members must preserve supporting documents attesting their completion of training activities for a period of seven years beginning on April 30 following the end of the reference period during which such activities were completed. Blakes will continue to provide you with a confirmation of participation for your records. As stipulated in the above-mentioned regulation, members must preserve supporting documents attesting their completion of training activities for a period of seven years beginning on April 30 following the end of the reference period during which such activities were completed.