by admin | Oct 6, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
The finale to a case which has gone through three levels of courts has wide implications for every law across the country. The Supreme Court of Canada last month ruled that judges do not have the power to create a new law just because they think it would be a good...
by admin | Sep 22, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
What happens if the home you agreed to buy goes up in flames before closing? That was the question before the Ontario Superior Court earlier this year. Here’s what happened: In May last year, Grant McDonald agreed to buy a century home on a two-acre lot in Tillsonburg...
by admin | Sep 8, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
The iPro crisis that has consumed the real estate industry in Ontario recently sets a bad example for future discipline cases against agents who may be charged with misappropriation or misuse of deposit funds. The precedent-setting decision of the Real Estate Council...
by admin | Aug 25, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
A decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last November sends a strong warning to condominium corporations that it will not tolerate any abuse of power or oppressive conduct over its members. The case involves Leigh and Harvin Gonzales who were looking for a...
by admin | Aug 11, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
The unauthorized use of real estate lockboxes for unsupervised access to listed properties continues to be a matter of concern to the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) and the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). But the two groups have been slow off the...
