Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 14, 2000 Homeowners not liable for sidewalk mishaps Court rules legal responsibility rests with city despite snow-clearing bylaws STARFILE PHOTO DIGGING OUT: Property owners can be fined for not clearing sidewalk but can’t be sued in...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 7, 2000 Time real estate industry started e-mailing offers It happened again this week. A fax arrived from a local real estate office advising me that a client had bought a property. A copy of the offer accompanied the fax cover sheet....

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 30, 2000 There’s no turning back on plan to automate land registry Ontario’s plan to automate its land registration system is more than 10 years behind schedule, and its projected cost of completion could exceed $1 billion, says a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 23, 2000 Not all title insurers are alike First Canadian Title tried to get law changed Last week’s column was an introduction to title insurance, a relatively new way to protect home buyers against unpredictable and often undetectable...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 18, 2000 Why you should get title insurance   Not long ago, an Ontario lawyer acted on a home purchase under a power of sale. The first mortgage had gone into arrears and the mortgagee had sold the house. Title showed that there was a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 10, 2000 Make sure your lawyer’s on the e-train Land transfers process going electronic in Peel as part of Ontario-wide automation Property conveyancing in Mississauga and Brampton has moved from the 18th century to the 21st century...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 5, 2000 Province draws line on sloppy documentation New standards set that could delay property registration Users of Ontario’s land registry offices got a double whammy this week with twin announcements that are certain to shake up the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca October 22, 2000 Spectre of tainted houses raised   Next week is Halloween and wee ghosts and goblins everywhere will be pretending that their home, or their friend’s, is haunted. For most of us, it’s just fun and make-believe. But for others it...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca October 14, 2000 Love is blind – that’s why there’s legal advice Parents who guarantee their child’s mortgage need to take heed. Nicole and Tom are a young couple in the process of buying their first home. Because they couldn’t quite qualify for...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca October 20, 2000 Co-owning a house? Get a written agreement Court cases highlight the importance of working out all the little details first Several years ago I represented for five charming ladies from the Philippines who lived and worked in...