Co-counsel arrangements are common in many areas of practice, from criminal trials and litigation, where there’s significant court work, to complicated paper-laden negotiations.
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The impassioned battle between those who mainly want to enjoy their homes and those who see property mainly as an investment recently went before the B.C. Court of Appeal.
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Condo board’s move to terminate developer’s agreement victim of conflicting sections of the law…
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Last year brought significant changes to the condominium industry with the introduction of Bill 106, consisting of the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 (the “PCOA”) and the Condominium Management Services Act,...
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If you’ve followed the news lately you’ve no doubt heard the stories of condominium corporations struggling to deal with short-term rentals in their buildings. They create a significant problem for condominium...
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In Bhasin v. Hrynew 2014 SCC 71, the Supreme Court recognized that a duty of good faith contractual performance exists as a general organizing principle of the common law of contract....
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In 1999, Justice Gloria Epstein in Peel Condominium Corporation No. 505 v. Cam Valley Homes Ltd., [1999] O.J. No. 4068 found, in a dispute between a townhouse condominium corporation and its...
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The long and twisting saga of Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation took another turn recently with the latest decision in this matter from the Ontario Court of Appeal (Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation...
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A recent Conference Board of Canada report has confirmed what many working women have known all along — there is a significant gender wage gap in the province, with women making...
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People have an infinite capacity for thwarting their own careers. The fact that they sometimes do so by inappropriately sexting (i.e., sending sexual messages, sometimes with photos or videos, via a...
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The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled against the Toronto Real Estate Board in its attempts to keep information from its listing service private, a decision the board is vowing to...
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Vexing and at times even vexatious, so-called “professional tenants” are well known to advocates on both sides of the landlord-tenant divide. But as any landlord caught in one of these horror...
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is looking into nearly 3,000 condominium transactions in the Toronto and Vancouver areas for possible instances of tax evasion, and a prominent tax lawyer is saying...
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Recent news coverage relating to major hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia and now Maria are replete with stories and images of disastrous flooding. The aftermath invokes memories of the unprecedented storm...
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The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) has charged three Toronto-area real estate agents with violations of the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA) after allegedly taking money from clients improperly....
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The Ontario government's new regulations on condominium governance are being called a "good start," but some in the area of real estate law say more needs to be done in terms...
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If you're buying a condo, how safe is your deposit money?
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