by Martin Rumack | Feb 10, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a ground-breaking decision, Bhasin v. Hrynew, which articulates newly clarified duties on how the parties to a contract must behave towards each other. The decision has important implications for real estate contracts and...
by Ross Kay | Feb 10, 2015 | Guest Columns, Legal Issues
Licensed to Trade Practitioners (LTTP) have operated their real estate practices with more regard to provincial trading legislation or adherence to rules and regulations attached to memberships in organized real estate, than to contract law. The consumer, not knowing...
by Donald Lapowich | Jan 30, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
As you are aware (or should be) as a professional real estate broker/salesperson, there are professional duties that must be honoured at all times. These legal obligations are not just words or hearsay, and can be illustrated by events now taking place in the United...
by Chris Seepe | Jan 12, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
On the issue of disclosure and latent defects, an Ontario Small Claims Court judge recently awarded a ruling in favour of a buyer who alleged that the seller had not disclosed a defect that had repeatedly occurred over many years prior to the seller selling the...
by Donald Lapowich | Jan 6, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
Every month, real estate lawyer Donald Lapowich, Q.C. writes brief summaries of some of the most significant legal cases pertaining to real estate in Canada for REM. In a significant Ontario Court of Appeal decision (Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 2095...
by Chris Seepe | Dec 10, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Chris Seepe Landlords may be surprised and even angry to learn that the Ontario government operates an agency that primarily targets landlords who allegedly breach the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), generally responding within 24 hours of a tenant filing a...
