by admin | Jan 31, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decisive ruling that clarifies once and for all that the interest paid on a mortgage taken out to purchase a principal residence cannot be tax deductible under any circumstances (unless...
by admin | Jan 24, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Is a real estate agent responsible for accurately advertising the lot size? What happens if he or she gets it wrong? Those were the questions facing clients of mine recently. Last August, Regina and Leon signed an agreement to buy a house in...
by admin | Jan 10, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A territorial judge in the Yukon has told the local real estate industry to take a hard look at one of its standard form documents. His comments were made in the context of a case involving what we in Ontario call a Seller Property Information...
by admin | Jan 3, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Judge rules that deck should have been inspected at the end of construction, not earlier One of the reasons litigation is so expensive and time-consuming in Ontario is that too much court time is spent on cases that should never have gone there...
by admin | Dec 27, 2008 | 2008 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 27, 2008 Consumer protection common theme in 2008 When it comes to consumer issues, my goal in this column is to educate, protect, and occasionally, entertain. Over the past year, I emphasized how important it is to have a lawyer’s...
