Do the homeowners or photographers own the rights to photos of the property?

by admin | Aug 17, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca While staging is a very beneficial part of real estate sales process, buyers and sellers should always clarify what use will be made of the photos. When the sellers of a home hire a stager to help market and sell it, who owns the rights to the...

Banning incentives for real estate lawyers in property deals doesn’t serve public

by admin | Aug 3, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A Law Society of Ontario working group is investigating practices involving the payment of fees and the offer of benefits by title insurers to real estate lawyers. If a lawyer receives an incentive from a title insurance company for arranging a...

This retired judge defended homeowners from abusive insurance companies

by admin | Jul 20, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Justice John I. Laskin wrote that Pilot Insurance’s abusive conduct justified a punitive award to Whiten. When Justice John I. Laskin retired from the Ontario Court of Appeal earlier this year, he left a legacy of many brilliant decisions. To...

Insurance covers sale of badly built property, court says

by admin | Jul 6, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A judge decided that John Breen’s title was unmarketable due to building deficiences and that he was covered under his title insurance policy Building deficiencies resulting from poorly regulated construction and that affect the sale of a...

How a fight between condo board and homeowner over a flower box ballooned to a $109,000 court bill

by admin | Jun 23, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca This is the sad story of a $109,000 flower box. It all began in a large project of 213 condominium garden homes known as Bethamy Woods, in Ottawa. Manorama Sennek owns one of the homes in the project. She became involved in a dispute with the...

How a fight between condo board and homeowner over a flower box ballooned to a $109,000 court bill

by admin | Jun 23, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca This is the sad story of a $109,000 flower box. It all began in a large project of 213 condominium garden homes known as Bethamy Woods, in Ottawa. Manorama Sennek owns one of the homes in the project. She became involved in a dispute with the...