Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca October 4, 2008 Always review purchase agreements with a lawyer A recent decision of the Superior Court of Justice highlights the risks of a buyer failing to close a transaction to buy a new home or condominium from a builder. Back in March...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca September 27, 2008 Brother messes up with email scam Back in 1998, brothers Faheem, Shaun and Narool Samad decided to purchase a house in Toronto for the three of them and their parents to occupy. At the time, they signed an agreement that set...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca September 20, 2008 Not a good idea to interfere with right-of-way Grant and Lisa Hall were next-door neighbours to Loraine Wiltshire in north Toronto. The Hall property is west of the Wiltshire property, and both are registered under the Land...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca September 13, 2008 Oil storage tank leak a cautionary tale A scary tale of an oil leak in an Ottawa-area home provides a valuable lesson for homeowners whose homes are heated by oil. In early 2006, an exterior oil storage tank next to the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca September 6, 2008 Bylaw sinks pirate ship playhouse After architect Andrew Dewberry and author Jayne Seagrave bought their house in Vancouver three years ago, they decided to build a tree fort for their two young sons. In September 2006, the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca August 30, 2008 Foreclosure tale is coyote ugly Ronald and Ann Bonnar owned a house in Cape Breton, N.S. The house had two mortgages registered against it a first to Royal Bank of Canada, and a second in favour of Canada Trust Company as...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca August 23, 2008 Presence of asbestos kills home purchase Carlos Lameiro fell in love with a three-bedroom bungalow, near Dixon Rd. and Kipling Ave. in Etobicoke. It has a finished basement with a separate entrance, air conditioning, two kitchens...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca August 16, 2008 Mortgage fraud scheme manipulated ‘puppet’ purchasers Norman Ave. is a two-block long street near St. Clair Ave. W., and Lansdowne Ave. Number 16A is a small row house that recently became the subject of an apparent mortgage...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca August 9, 2008 Putting oil in wrong tank adds fuel to this warning A decision of the Ontario Superior Court earlier this year provides a valuable lesson to property owners whose homes were once heated with fuel oil. Back in 1979, Mary and...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca August 2, 2008 Clients will suffer if articling program is abolished Imagine hiring a newly minted real estate lawyer for the largest purchase transaction of your lifetime a new home only to find out that he or she has had no exposure to any...