by admin | Nov 28, 2020 | 2020 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca In his first-year law student text book, “Principles of Property Law,” prof. Bruce Ziff begins a chapter on lost objects with this statement: “The law of finding is not an area of pressing practical concern.” I was reminded of this comment when...
by admin | Nov 14, 2020 | 2020 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Anyone who has bought or sold a property since the COVID-19 state of emergency was declared in Ontario last March will have experienced a sea change in how these deals are legally closed. Prior to the pandemic, buyers and sellers of houses and...
by admin | Oct 31, 2020 | 2020 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Young ghosts and goblins may be imagining the hauntings that have happened in their homes this Hallowe’en. For home buyers, the possibility of purchasing a residence associated with a haunting — or other dark event — can be a true nightmare....
by admin | Oct 17, 2020 | 2020 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Keep your neighbour disputes off the Internet. A decision from Superior Court in May provides a compelling lesson about why disputing neighbours should keep their differences off the internet. The case ended with a $70,000 judgment against an...
by admin | Sep 30, 2020 | 2020 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Should home sellers have to pay commission on a sale if the transaction doesn’t close? The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), an industry group representing realtors, thinks so. It publishes the listing agreement which is used in virtually...
