by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Sep 1, 2023 | Legal Issues, News
QUICK HITS An Ontario case highlights the rare instances in which a purchaser can recover a deposit from an APS when unable to close. The case of Naeem v. Bowmanville Lakebreeze West Village Ltd. involves a misled buyer seeking deposit relief due to a misrepresented...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | May 24, 2023 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
When parties co-own a property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, they retain the prima facie right to compel either a partition or sale of the property. However, a co-owner can be deprived of the right to compel a sale in circumstances of malice,...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Jan 31, 2022 | Featured, Legal Issues
Parties to a real estate transaction can, through words or conduct, repudiate an agreement or show an intention before the closing date to not complete the contract. This is known as anticipatory breach. In Sheik v. Lebovic Enterprises Limited, the court analyzed the...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Dec 10, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
Over the past year and a half, there has been an increasingly limited supply of homes for sale. The available homes on the market have fetched dramatically increased prices due to aggressive bidding wars. In Thillairajan v. Sivasubramaniam the court contemplated the...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Aug 25, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
In Tsui v. Zhuoqi, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice addressed two complex issues. First, what duties do sellers owe purchasers when damage to a property may be substantial and second, what constitutes substantial damage to property? The seller, Ye Zhuoqi entered...
