Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca July 12, 2003 The perils of buying a vendor-built home When Sharon Ann Mariani bought a home in Puslinch Township, she learned the hard way that there are significant risks in buying from a vendor who builds his own house without adequate...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca July 5 2003 Ontario buyers deserve same rights as British Should builders of new homes or their agents be held responsible for errors or subsequent alterations in their descriptions of the houses being built and sold? That was the question a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 28 2003 No flying maple leaves in Markham on Canada Day Restriction is in subdivision agreement  Compromise reached in U.S. case   If you’re in the town of Markham this Canada Day weekend, don’t expect to see many displays of patriotism in...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 21 2003 No gazumping, please, we’re Canadian My client had just flown in from his home in England and was in the process of closing what, for me, was a fairly routine Toronto condominium purchase. The title was clean, the lawyers were...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 14 2003 Choose title insurance firm carefully Defendants in fence dispute feel abandoned It’s important for buyers to have survey A court case wending its way through the judicial system underlines just how important it is for homebuyers to...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca June 7 2003 Infrared camera ruled an invasion of privacy   RCMP measured thermal energy Marijuana trafficking charges laid In 1967, Pierre Trudeau announced "the State has no business in the bedrooms of the nation." Recently, Ontario courts have...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 31 2003 Law Society boots lawyer in property flip scam A Brampton lawyer who was the "unwitting dupe" of an unscrupulous client in a bogus mortgage scheme has been ordered to resign his membership by the Law Society of Upper Canada or be...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 24 2003 Deductions not fair and not necessary   Are government taxes and levies on new homes too high? Should they be lower? Do we really need mortgage interest deductibility to stimulate the construction and sale of new homes and...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 17 2003 Squatter’s rights no defence   The Ontario Court of Appeal has written what may well be the final chapter in a case involving a property owner who attempted to enlarge her property by improperly appropriating a chunk of her...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 10 2003 Home inspector warned of moisture in basement Purchasers still bought, but later sued vendors Judge found plaintiffs didn’t pay sufficient attention to report   Who is responsible for water leaking into a basement when it is...