Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 25, 2002 Paralegal proposal a recipe for havoc Non-lawyers may soon handle real estate sales Last month, the Law Society, the Ontario Bar Association and a paralegal group announced an agreement on a plan to regulate the province’s...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 18, 2002 Lawyers governing paralegals: recipe for disaster Long-standing hostility between two groups doesn’t bode well The much-heralded agreement among various legal and paralegal organizations to regulate the province’s paralegal industry...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca May 4, 2002 Builder offers can conceal surprises Make sure your lawyer checks it out Despite constant advice from lawyers, real estate agents and the Greater Toronto Home Builders’ Association, a significant number of new home and condominium...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca April 20, 2002 Tenant-homeowner tax inequity must stop Renters in Ontario pay four times more property taxes Most Ontario homeowners are likely unaware of it, but their property taxes are being heavily subsidized by tenants in multi-unit...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca April 13, 2002 Fraudulent title transfer takes costly toll Owner, title insurance company out money When Isabel Simoes went with her husband, Laurenio, on a family visit in Portugal in the fall of 2000, she had no idea it would be the beginning...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca April 4, 2002 Oklahoma flip tosses lawyer Properties simultaneously purchased, flipped but mortgage lender wasn’t told The Law Society of Upper Canada has sent a clear message to the legal profession that lawyers who participate in real estate...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 23, 2002 New York real estate still strong after Sept. 11   I suppose the main reason I went to New York City for a few days last month was to see the site of the World Trade Center, but I have always found the city to be an exciting place...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 16, 2002 Nightmare ending for victims of fraud Assurance Fund pays some costs but no money for business losses Ontario’s deputy director of titles has just released a written decision that marks the end of the Durrani family’s horrendous...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 9, 2002 Title fraud costs taxpayers Bank losses, legal fees covered by government fund Ontario’s deputy director of titles has released a series of decisions ordering rectification of five property titles taken by fraud artists, and...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 2, 2002 Inspect home before listing to correct any minor flaws Unhappy buyers backed out of $1.5 million deal When an offer to purchase is conditional on home inspection, does the home purchaser have to act honestly and reasonably if he or...