Evan Johnston, pictured at the Calgary Stampede, has joined The Churchill Corp. as its first ever general counsel.

The former general counsel of the Forzani Group has taken on the role as in-house counsel for Calgary-based industrial construction company The Churchill Corp.

 

Ask any construction lawyer what the hottest construction case is and you’ll get the same response: Tercon Contractors Ltd. v. British Columbia (Transportation and Highways).

 

Abandoned construction sites are creating safety concerns, threatening the integrity of infrastructure, and sending City of Calgary lawyers scouring through municipal law to find ways to protect the public.

Unpredictable, uncertain, busy for some — but definitely different. This is how some lawyers candidly describe the year ahead for areas of Canadian business law in 2008 following the “credit crunch” that hit the United States last August, recent market turmoil, and the constant reports of an emerging economic slowdown, dare we even say “recession.”