by Connie Adair | Jan 6, 2020 | Legal Issues
Scene one: After you die, if you’ve done everything right, your family will sit around the living room looking at pictures and talk about love and family. Scene two: Your family will gather in a court room to battle it out over their inheritance. Which scenario? The...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
When acting for both a seller and a buyer, what duties does a real estate agent owe to his or her clients if a property disclosure statement, known as a Seller Property Information Sheet (SPIS) in Ontario, is signed? This was the central issue that the Court of Appeal...
by MarkWeisleder | Dec 13, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
In Ontario, real estate deals are supposed to close by 5 p.m., since that is when the government registration system shuts down. By 5 p.m., the buyer lawyer is supposed to have sent the required paperwork and money to the seller lawyer trust account and the seller...
by Connie Adair | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
Selling a family home after a parent dies can be an emotional and stressful time. Some heirs may be in a hurry to dispose of the property and move on. However, selling a property owned by an estate isn’t a quick or easy process, says lawyer Barry Fish of Fish and...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Dec 4, 2019 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Nothing dampens the excitement of a sale like the sudden realization that you’ve made a mistake. In Vandenberg v. Wilken, the Ontario Court of Appeal provides a strong defence against partial summary judgment motions for the enforcement of Agreements of Purchase and...
by Don Procter | Nov 11, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
A three-judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to award Burlington-based Apex Results Realty more than $155,000 in unpaid commissions plus costs for the purchase of two Mississauga properties in 2012....
