by admin | May 11, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Body generally exercises its powers to alleviate or eliminate adverse effects of cannabis smoke in Ontario’s condo community. Since the legalization of cannabis, many owners and tenants living in Ontario condominiums have had the enjoyment of their units adversely...
by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Court rarely hears cases about real estate. Prior owners of property enlarged yard by fencing in a huge piece of public parkland which they didn’t own. The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal of a case involving a claim for adverse possession, also...
by admin | Apr 13, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Buyer beware! Purchase agreements almost always use what I call weasel terminology to avoid calling a unit illegal. It never fails to amaze me how some agreements of purchase and sale continue to use creative language to describe illegal basement apartments. Over the...
by admin | Mar 30, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Ignore the promoters of cheap “legal will kits,” and their fill-in-the-blanks forms! You need a lawyer, or you will end up in court, advises Bob Aaron. When the time comes to make a last will to dispose of real estate, bank accounts, investments and other assets, it’s...
by admin | Mar 16, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Is ‘time of the essence,’ legally speaking, in a residential real estate transaction? Past precedents suggest it is and that deadlines must be adhered to. Virtually every real estate purchase agreement contains a clause which says that time is of the essence of the...
