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Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer
Buying real estate can be one of the most significant financial transactions in a person's life. It's important to understand how the process works...
Gardiner Roberts LLP
A dispute between neighbours over a strip of land between their properties no wider than 21.9 centimetres resulted in years of litigation supported by no less than ten affidavits.
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Municipal zoning by-laws regulate, among other things, the number of separate residential units that are permitted in a property. Violation of a zoning by-law may lead to the municipality...
Gardiner Roberts LLP
In Armstrong v Penny, 2023 ONSC 2843 (CanLII), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed a homeowners' nightmare scenario arising from the discovery that their residence...
Pallett Valo LLP
In Iskenderov, the Bank of Montreal sought to set aside the transfer of a matrimonial home from a husband to his wife as part of a separation agreement.
Watson Goepel LLP
On January 1, 2023, the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act (the "Act") came into force. Under section 4(1) of the Act, non-Canadians...
Lawson Lundell LLP
The Alberta Land Titles Office (the "LTO") has long been subject to registration delays, with the gap between submission of a document to the LTO and completion of its registration historically...
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Creditors of an insolvent or nearly insolvent debtor may be understandably frustrated if the debtor sells its few remaining assets,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Real estate lawyers, municipalities, and the general public should be happy to hear that Bill 276, which included a set of long awaited amendments to the Planning Act (Ontario)...
Torkin Manes LLP
Real estate lawyers across Ontario and the public will be pleased that, on April 15, 2021, the Ontario Government introduced in its new Red Tape Bill...
Gardiner Roberts LLP
In a densely populated city like Toronto, many older neighbourhoods contain tightly-packed homes separated by narrow easements which provide access to backyard parking areas.
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Renovation and construction, while often absolutely necessary, can cause several issues for both landlord and tenant.
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
In recent years, title insurance has become increasingly popular among purchasers of houses, condominiums, cabins and other residential land.
Langlois Lawyers, LLP
The duty to act in the client's best interests remains at the heart of a real estate brokerage contract, even in the most delicate situations.
Minden Gross LLP
Wills and estates litigator Sheila Morris' article "Vulnerable litigants and family members: A little help from my friends" was published by The Lawyer's Daily
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Restrictive covenants registered on title to real property in Ontario that are stated to survive indefinitely will no longer survive forever.
Blaney McMurtry LLP
In Dermann v. Baker, 2019 ONCA 584, the Court considered the qualifying of certain witnesses as experts for the purposes of r. 53.03 of the Rules of Civil Procedure
Blaney McMurtry LLP
In Gillham v. Lake of Bays (Township), a negligent construction case, the Court appears to have expanded the meaning of the "Appropriate Means" aspect of the discoverability test under section 5...
Clyde & Co
The doctrine of caveat emptor or buyer beware still places the onus on the purchaser to make enquiries that would reveal the "stigma" of a property being the scene of a violent crime.
Gowling WLG
A triad of cases were recently decided in British Columbia pertaining to whether positive covenants in the development context were enforceable.
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