by admin | Jun 29, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 29, 2002 Agents, broker face fines in double-offer sale scheme The Real Estate Council of Ontario has put Ontario’s real estate agents and brokers on notice that if they participate in schemes to inflate the purchase price of property to...
by admin | Jun 22, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 29, 2002 Loyalty programs could be illegal Frequent buyer plans violate obsolete sections of Criminal Code, professor argues Whenever I buy something for the house, the office or the car, whenever I shop in a drug store, Canadian Tire or a...
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 8, 2002 Cottage purchases deserve due diligence Too casual an attitude can create expensive problems later When it comes to city properties, homeowners are usually very careful about protecting their driveways, fences and boundaries. But...
by admin | Jun 6, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 6, 2002 Ask a Lawyer Q In our condo, the board has rules that forbid fast-food delivery people from going upstairs to units. Instead, they call from downstairs and tenants must go down to pick up the order. The board claims this is for...
by admin | May 25, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 25, 2002 Paralegal proposal a recipe for havoc Non-lawyers may soon handle real estate sales Last month, the Law Society, the Ontario Bar Association and a paralegal group announced an agreement on a plan to regulate the province’s...
by admin | May 18, 2002 | 2002, 2002 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 18, 2002 Lawyers governing paralegals: recipe for disaster Long-standing hostility between two groups doesn’t bode well The much-heralded agreement among various legal and paralegal organizations to regulate the province’s paralegal industry...