by James R.G. Cook | Mar 30, 2023 | Legal Issues
QUICK HITS In a recent legal case, a plaintiff sued a home builder and her real estate agent, alleging that she had been misled into buying a semi-detached home instead of a fully detached one. During the discovery process, the plaintiff’s lawyer asked...
by James R.G. Cook | Mar 21, 2023 | Legal Issues
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...
by James R.G. Cook | Feb 23, 2023 | Legal Issues, News
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...
by James R.G. Cook | Feb 14, 2023 | Legal Issues
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...
by Natalka Falcomer | Feb 3, 2023 | Columnists, Legal Issues
The real estate market has changed, and oftentimes with significant change comes legal issues, like people trying to get out of contracts in order to make more on a sale or avoid closing because an appraisal has come up short. I recently spoke with Eli Antel, a real...
by James R.G. Cook | Jan 25, 2023 | Legal Issues
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...
