Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca It is not unusual for lawyers, as we advance through our careers, to assemble a short list of our heroes in the legal field – outstanding individuals who have earned our admiration for their achievements in the law They may be judges, authors,...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Frank and Dolores Lipischak are next-door neighbours to Diana DeWolf and Joe Russ on Caille Ave. in the town of Lakeshore in Essex County. Their homes front on Lake St. Clair and their deep lots back onto the municipal street. When the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Whether or not Mitt Romney becomes the 45th president of the United States after the November election, chances are that he and his siblings will still spend part of their summers at the family cottage they still own inside a tiny, gated...

Peel Condominium Corp. 108 is an attractive townhouse development built in 2002 on Central Park Dr. in Brampton. Back in April 2009, the board of directors became aware that Donna Young, one of the owners, had installed in her unit a tankless water heater that vents...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Should Ontario consumers always have the benefit of independent legal advice when they obtain title insurance for their real estate purchases? That topic became the subject of intense debate among industry stakeholders earlier this month when...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca When you’re selling a house known as a link-semi, is it wrong to advertise it as a detached home? The link house style was popular in Toronto in the 1970s and 1980s. The only physical attachment that joins two adjacent houses typically consists...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca In a landmark consumer protection initiative, the Tarion Warranty Corp. has proposed a requirement that builder purchase agreements set out in one place all the extras that can be added to the price of a new home. (Tarion regulates the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca The seller property disclosure statement remains a hot topic in the real estate community as Manitoba has now made them compulsory, while Britain has gone in the other direction to repeal the law requiring them in every transaction. Effective...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Toronto residents who are proud to live in areas such as Harbourfront, Davisville Village, Leslieville, Chaplin Estates, Hogg’s Hollow and Corktown are bound to be disappointed to learn that their neighbourhood names have been wiped off the map...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A court case that went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada highlights the importance of homeowners keeping accurate records of their possessions in the event an insurance claim becomes necessary. Back in 1997, a fire destroyed the luxury...