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5 Const. L. Int'l 9 (2010)
Judging the 'Vanishing Trial' in the Construction Industry

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The Right Honourable Beverley
Chief Justice of Canada

McLachlin, PC

onstruction law is more thanjust sawdust,
nails and cement; to quote Philip
Briner, an eminent American construction
lawyer, it is
'[a] capstone snbject, a towering legal
edifice built out of modern statutes,
contextual coirmm  law pinciples
of and foundational legal concepts
susaining and binding the multitnde of

parties - architects, engineers, contractors,
subcontractors, material suppliers,
material manufacturers, sureties, insurers,
code officials, and tradesmen.
Not only is the field of construction law
broad; i is ever-changing. New laws, new
techniques newI disputes and occasionally
new judicial decisions - more of which
later - are constantl transforming the legal

:ONSTRUCT ON LAW VNTERNATONAL oume 5 Issue 2 June 2010