by Matt Maurer | Jul 21, 2016 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
I’ve written a number of posts lately about Ontario tenants who abuse the system and the calls from the judiciary to have tenancy laws reformed. A decision released recently is another all-too-familiar example of how residential tenants can game the system to their...
by Matt Maurer | Jun 14, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
A panel of three Divisional Court judges in Ontario has overturned a decision of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LLTB) and ruled that a landlord is prohibited from terminating the tenancy relationship with his tenant until she dies. The landlord and tenant are brother...
by Matt Maurer | May 9, 2016 | Legal Issues
An Ontario Superior Court Judge has expressed his hope that legislative changes will be made to stop unscrupulous tenants from “gaming the system”. The facts of the case are straightforward and rather appalling. The tenant entered into an agreement to...
by Matt Maurer | Apr 13, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
A panel of three Ontario Divisional Court Judges have held that residential landlords are not permitted to photograph a property while it is occupied by a tenant unless the lease explicitly permits such photographs to be taken, or the landlord obtains the express...
by Matt Maurer | Nov 11, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
The Ontario Superior Court has once again underscored how completing a seller property information statement (SPIS) can be a risky move for vendors. When it comes to the purchase and sale of real estate the starting point for any analysis is “buyer beware”. For those...
