QUICK HITS The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled buyers of a house were not entitled to recover the balance of their deposit after they terminated their agreement of purchase and sale due to the developer’s failure to complete the property by the...
In Ker v. Deol, a motion judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered whether the buyer’s real estate agent could be added as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the seller arising from an aborted transaction. The transaction and the lawsuit...
An Agreement of Purchase and Sale (APS) for a real estate transaction may sometimes have a condition that allows for review of the APS by a lawyer. Depending on the wording of the condition, the buyer or seller (or both) may have a time-limited right to terminate a...
In a real estate transaction, the seller must be in a position to ensure that good title is conveyed to a buyer at closing. In the time leading up to the scheduled completion date, a buyer’s lawyer will usually conduct a title search of the property being purchased...
An easement may become abandoned as a legal right as a result of a prolonged lack of use. However, there is a high threshold to establish that a registered easement has lost its legal status. In Fromstein v. Michele-King, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...
