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Consulting engineers urged to develop new ‘duty of care’ following R. v. Sudbury

March 1, 2024

Published  March 1, 2024

McMillan LLP and ACEC-Ontario in the news. Daily Commercial News wrote an article regarding a recent webinar hosted for members only.


Ontario consulting engineers are being told they too have a raft of new occupational health and safety responsibilities to tend to in the wake of last November’s landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Greater Sudbury, just as project owners do.

The ruling set off alarm bells throughout the construction sector with stakeholders scrambling to understand their new responsibilities within construction’s internal responsibility system.

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