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David Major

Partner

Toronto
[email protected]
416.367.6028

Expertise

Linda Walker

Practice Assistant - Team Leader

Toronto
[email protected]
416.367.6749
416.367.6537

David provides practical, strategic advice to owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers, consultants and surety bonding companies. He specializes in assisting with complex mediation, arbitration and litigation disputes arising from large-scale construction and engineering projects.

David represents clients from the start of a construction project, including with front-end contract drafting and advice related to tendering and procurement processes and disputes that include claims involving: 

  • Breach of contract; 
  • Lien, design and engineering issues; 
  • Errors and omissions; 
  • Construction deficiencies, delay; and 
  • Liquidated damages claims.

David has appeared at Construction Lien Master's Court, Superior Court and Divisional Court Prior to joining BLG, David was a motivational speaker who presented to more than 100,000 people across Canada, the United States and China.

Experience

  • David’s reported decisions include the following:
  • Counsel for a design-build contractor in a dispute arising out of the design and construction of a major highway project.
  • Counsel for one of the world's largest design consultants, providing architectural and engineering services for the design of multiple subway stations in a complex multi-party dispute involving errors and omissions.
  • Counsel for an international rail signalling provider in an arbitration arising out of the renovation of a major North American transportation hub.
  • Counsel for the design-build contractor in a multi-party action arising out of a dispute over the fabrication and manufacturing of girders for a significant infrastructure project.
  • Counsel for a joint venture international mining project involving a dispute with the owner regarding breaches of contract and tort in respect of an engineering, procurement and construction management agreement.
  • Counsel for the owner of a large distribution centre in a dispute over deficiencies in the construction of a concrete slab.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member-At-Large, Ontario Bar Association, Construction and Infrastructure Section Executive
  • Member, The Advocates' Society

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer, Pro Bono Ontario

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2022) of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada (Construction Law)

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 2015
  • JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2014
  • BA (Hons.), University of Western Ontario, 2004