by admin | Sep 16, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Jeffrey Lem, 61, director of titles, responsible for administering registration of province’s 7.5 million parcels of land, dead at 61. Jeffrey Lem: His job involved making the land registry system work fairly, seamlessly and efficiently. Ontario’s real estate...
by admin | Sep 2, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Builder tacked on $30,533 in cost increases. Case shows importance of reviewing clauses in proposed purchase agreements, writes Bob Aaron. An itemized list provided to the buyers detailed higher charges for subfloors, masonry, rooftop deck, parapet and lumber. Sayers...
by admin | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
What happens when homes get built in the wrong place? Two cases show the perils of not doing your homework, writes Bob Aaron. I’ve always found it fascinating to see what happens when a builder builds a house on land it doesn’t own. The latest example of this dilemma...
by admin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Case suggests certain items of city infrastructure, such as backyard catch basins, can be the property of the homeowner to do with as they please. A decision of the Ontario Superior Court last month has allowed 4,000 Vaughan homeowners to disconnect their homes from...
by admin | Jul 22, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Anyone these days can generate an emoji, but without ample evidence to confirm the source, its use is neither efficient, nor reliable, says Bob Aaron. Is it possible to buy or sell real estate by attaching an electronic emoji to an agreement? The question arises in...
by admin | Jul 8, 2023 | 2023 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Agreement at centre of case required buyers pay for extra increases in construction costs as sworn to on behalf of builder. The judge wasn’t having it. It has become an unpleasant fact of life in new home construction that some builders have implemented creative...