Courts and arbitral tribunals in many jurisdictions have the power to order contractors to perform building works - to order "specific performance" of a construction contract. But these powers are ...

In two recent cases, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) endorsed a shift away from the view of specific performance as an “extraordinary” remedy in the context of commercial real estate ...

Although specific performance is an important remedy in real estate transactions, it is a remedy disfavored by the courts. In their Transactional Real Estate column Peter E. Fisch and Salvatore ...

This article discusses the fact-driven question of whether and when specific performance is an appropriate remedy for mutually hostile parties. In the long run, "the more complex and lengthy the ...