What is the effect of a lien on a contract where the contract is not completed until the return of return work is completed?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Western Realty Projects Ltd. v. Superior Grout & Gunite Ltd., 1975 CanLII 257 (AB QB):
The outcome of Glenway Supply v. Knobloch was that though the return work was only of a trivial nature the contract was not completed until that work was done. Hence the Glenway lien was declared valid.
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