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Innocent landowners responsible for environmental cleanup, court rules

by admin | Jan 19, 2013 | 2013 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

In one of the scariest court decisions of recent years, the Ontario Divisional Court has ruled that innocent landowners can be held responsible to remedy contamination caused to their properties by a neighbour. Back in December, 2008, Thompson Fuels filled the fuel...

Disclosure statement meant buyers recovered damages, but listing agent escaped liability

by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 2013 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A Saskatoon real estate agent and his brokerage have escaped liability to the purchasers of a home with a wet basement in a misrepresentation lawsuit. Although they recovered their damages from the sellers, the unhappy buyers were ordered to pay...
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