Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca You may be obliged to disclose or discover murders, suicides or hauntings If a property in Ontario has been stigmatized as a result of a murder, suicide, death, haunting — or other unpleasant event — must this be disclosed to a purchaser? That...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Illegal third floor townhouse unit allowed to remain A major decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal last week has raised the bar on the level of due diligence required by condominium corporations in preparing status certificates. The origins of...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Court of appeal rules against owners of Fleet St. condo who argued agreements between developer and directors it appointed should not apply Can a developer’s board of directors — appointed to serve at a new condo until owners can vote in their...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Expert advice the best way to deal with will-bestowed inheritance Using excluded property will efficient way to avoid probate fees The Ontario government is cracking down on estate trustees who fail to declare accurately the full value of the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Tarion, Law Society, Government failing in consumer protection role The 150 purchasers in the failed Centrium condominium project might not have lost their combined deposits of $14.9 million had the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Tarion...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Discipline hearings signal need for fuller knowledge about two-unit homes The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO), the body that licenses and governs real estate agents, is cracking down on representatives who advertise two-unit homes without...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Seller’s form has prompted 200 Canadian court cases A recent decision of a discipline panel of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) could spell the end of the Seller Property Information Statement in Ontario. The SPIS is a disclosure form...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Directors must pay for flouting Condominium Act What happens if condominium board members fail to comply with the Condominium Act? That question was the focus of a case which ultimately wound up in Ontario’s Court of Appeal. In 2011, following...