Overview
Brad Halfin is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans. He has a broad-based practice focused principally in the areas of construction litigation, arbitrations, and commercial litigation.
Brad’s construction law practice involves resolving disputes for owners, general contractors and subcontractors, specifically in the areas of construction liens, contract claims and negligence claims. He has significant experience asserting and defending claims for additional compensation in connection with extended duration claims on complex construction projects.
Brad’s practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including insurance defence and real estate matters. Brad has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitrations, including rent review and reset arbitrations for a number of high profile locations across Ontario.
Brad has been recognized as a leading lawyer in construction law by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada. He is also recommended in The Legal 500 Canada. He is also featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure.
Featured Work
Brad’s representative work includes acting for:
- Walsh Construction Company Canada in connection with asserting and defending claims on the Pioneer Village Subway Station, constructed as part of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Station
- Geo. A. Kelson Company Ltd., a mechanical subcontractor, on a number of matters, including successfully advancing and resolving claims on the Union Station Revitalization Project, and the Aga Khan Museum
- a large property services manager and developer in connection with a sixty-day rent reset arbitration for a high profile location in Toronto
- various landlords in connection with successfully holding or increasing rental rates in locations across the Greater Toronto Area
- Consolidated Contractors Group SAL in connection with an application to set aside an international arbitration award arising out of a mining project in Africa
- King Cross Contracting Ltd., a specialty pipe subcontractor, in connection with disputes arising from the installation of water mains and feeder mains on a regional project
- The MEARIE Group in connection with defending various damages claims against hydro utility companies across Ontario
- Navigators Insurance in connection with defending product liability claims in the energy and amusement park sectors
Awards & Recognition
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation 2025
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Construction 2024
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Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2024
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized, Construction Law 2024
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation 2024
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Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2023
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Brad is a contributor to a number of industry trade publications and associations. He is the editor of Canadian Forms & Precedents, Construction Liens Chapter, part editor of the firm’s Construction Law Update Newsletter, and co-authored the Canadian chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration, 2nd to 6th editions.
Brad is active in the construction law community and serves as an Executive Member of the Construction and Infrastructure Section of the Ontario Bar Association.
Credentials
- Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B., 2008
- Western University, B.A.C.S, 2005, with distinction
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates’ Society
Call to Bar
- 2009 Ontario
Insights
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Arbitration - Domestic and International
International Arbitration 2021 - Canada Chapter
Julie Rosenthal, Brad Halfin and Tamryn Jacobson have co-authored the Canada chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration 2021, 7th edition. The publication covers international… -
Arbitration - Domestic and International
International Arbitration 2020 - Canada Chapter
Julie Rosenthal, Brad Halfin and Tamryn Jacobson have co-authored the Canada chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration 2020, 6th edition. The publication covers international… -
Arbitration - Domestic and International
International Arbitration 2019 - Canada Chapter
Julie Rosenthal, Brad Halfin and Tamryn Jacobson co-authored the Canada chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration 2019, 5th edition. The publication covers international arbitration… -
Construction and Infrastructure
Court of Appeal Validates Statutory Trust Created by Construction Act Despite Bankruptcy
On January 14, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in The Guarantee Company of Canada v Royal Bank of Canada. The decision turned on the question of whether the statutory trust… -
Construction and Infrastructure
Bill 57 and Amendments to the Construction Act
The Construction Lien Amendment Act was passed in December 2017 and substantively changed the Construction Lien Act. Its primary purposes were to: (i) modernize the existing Construction Lien Act… -
Arbitration - Domestic and International
International Arbitration 2018 - Canada Chapter
Julie Rosenthal, Brad Halfin and Tamryn Jacobson co-authored the Canada chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration 2018, 4th edition.Excerpt:Under the Canadian Constitution, the…
News & Events
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100+ Goodmans lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada: 2025 Edition
We are delighted to share Goodmans has once again been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada with 105 lawyers featured across 43 practice areas.Congratulations to Andrew Brodkin… -
Construction and Infrastructure
Goodmans Recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2024
We are delighted to announce that the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2024 has once again recognized Goodmans LLP lawyers among Canada's experts in the infrastructure… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 Continues to Recognize Goodmans
We are proud to announce Goodmans LLP has once again been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.91 Goodmans lawyers have been recognized as top-tier in their…