by admin | Mar 23, 2026 | 2026 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Refinancing a home may feel routine, writes Bob Aaron, but it is not trivial. The efficiency of online ‘closing centres’ comes at a cost to the consumer: less scrutiny, less explanation, and less accountability. Bob Aaron is a Toronto real estate lawyer and a...
by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | 2026 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Condo owners, writes Bob Aaron, do not have the freedoms they would enjoy in freehold homes, and must adhere to bylaws. Just ask the couple who wound up in court over a dishwasher and a doorbell. This is a true story about a $10,000 doorbell. It took place in a...
by admin | Feb 23, 2026 | 2026 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
An Ontario judge has handed down a record high damages award in a case involving a breach of a single-family residential real estate purchase. In a decision released in December 2025, Justice Paul Sweeny awarded the seller a staggering $2,385,000 representing his...
by admin | Jan 12, 2026 | 2026 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
It’s a deep and growing problem: lawyers signing off on affidavits or real estate documents without verifying who is actually behind the screen, Bob Aaron writes. Dreamstime In the post-COVID age of digital signatures and electronic meetings, the click of a mouse has...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | 2025 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
While virtually every residential resale agreement contains a warranty that the property does not contain any known urea formaldehyde foam insulation, I have almost never seen a contract which refers to radon, an odourless, colourless, tasteless — and deadly — gas...
