Real Estate Litigation Articles

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...

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...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca The standard clause “to the best of the seller’s knowledge and belief,” contained in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, has had its meaning settled by the Ontario Court of Appeal. As I recently wrote, the initial court case arose after Jonathan...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A looming Ontario Court of Appeal decision on when discovery and disclosure of the fact that a home was used to make illegal substances occurs during a sale agreement could impact home sales in the province. When a homeowner states in a sale...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A recent court case emphasizes the importance of using a survey and getting accurate property measurements before signing an agreement in a home purchase. Nancy Ann Pringle was the owner of a detached, two-storey house on a corner lot with...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca In a Toronto townhouse development, 22 unit owners are living in condos registered to someone else — their real estate lawyers were not showing due diligence How is it that 22 condominium owners in a north Toronto project do not own the units...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca The area in question measure less than six inches wide and the ownership possibly dates back to 1923 It’s hard to imagine why two neighbours would together spend as much as $50,000 on legal fees in a court fight over a strip of land between...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A recent B.C. court decision, which ruled in favour of a buyer who reneged on a home purchase after discovering it had been the site of a murder, serves as a warning against signing any non-required agreements. Is a purchaser entitled to back...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Decision to rebuild, or not, is up to the construction lender, not the builder. Dozens of purchasers in a Mississauga condominium project are awaiting news of further developments after the project was destroyed by fire earlier this month. But...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Adding family as joint owners is easy to do, difficult and expensive to undo When a parent registers title to a home in joint names with a child, and the family relationship later breaks down, the results can be unhappy — and expensive — for all...