by Matt Maurer | Jan 9, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
In what very well might be a record for living rent free, a recent case (Nwabue v Rojas, 2016 ONSC 7754 [CanLII]) illustrates how a tenant was able to freeload for over 18 months despite agreeing to an order requiring him to vacate the unit. The tenant stopped paying...
by Martin Rumack | Jan 6, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
An Ontario case, Rimmer v. Building Insights Inc., may give some comfort to potential buyers – but it probably keeps home inspectors awake at night. It features a home inspector who was ordered to pay almost $19,000 to a buyer who hired him, all because he reported on...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jan 4, 2017 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
You’ve signed a contract with your client to represent him for the sale of his building. The agreement states that you’ll be paid a two per cent commission upon sale of the building. You begin working and marketing the property. Given your close interaction with your...
by MarkWeisleder | Nov 18, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
End of year usually means gathering up all of your receipts and making sure you take all of your permitted tax deductions. If you or your clients have purchased a new home or condominium in the past two years, you may have an HST rebate coming to you. Here’s why: If...
by Matt Maurer | Nov 10, 2016 | Legal Issues
A recent Ontario Divisional Court decision has sought to clarify conflicting decisions and provide guidance as to the obligations of tenants when their landlords terminate their lease early. In the case at issue the landlord received a number of noise complaints from...
by Matt Maurer | Oct 25, 2016 | Columnists, Legal Issues
A recent decision demonstrates just how easy it is for residential tenants to game the system and live rent free. The tenant entered into a one year lease for a residential premises in mid-town Toronto. The lease started March 1, 2015 and the monthly rent was...
