by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Insurance must cover missing wall, court rules Ontario homeowners who have purchased title insurance policies are the big winners in a Court of Appeal decision released last week. When Paul and Stefanie MacDonald bought their Toronto home back...
by admin | Dec 4, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca One of the greatest shortfalls in Tarion’s consumer protection is in the area of marketing pre-construction houses and condominiums A review of consumer protections for owners of new homes is set to get underway. Retired associate chief justice...
by admin | Dec 4, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca One of the greatest shortfalls in Tarion’s consumer protection is in the area of marketing pre-construction houses and condominiums, Bob Aaron says. A review of consumer protections for owners of new homes is set to get underway. Retired...
by admin | Nov 14, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Sellers aren’t required to answer questions about their property, but they have to be truthful in what they say.Agreeing to fill out a Seller Property Information Statement makes the seller liable for the answers they give. Is a seller required...
by admin | Oct 31, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Insurance claims against Ontario real estate lawyers cost their insurance company an average of $20.7 million a year, according to a fact sheet published last week by LawPRO, the Law Society’s insurance company. LawPRO provides mandatory errors...
by admin | Oct 3, 2015 | 2015 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Under provincial law, the bottom of any navigable lakes or rivers typically belong to the Ontario Crown, and no docks or boathouses with foundations sitting on the bottom of a lake can be built without permission of the Minister of Natural...
