by REM Editorial Team | Mar 5, 2012 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Sharon Vogel Toronto currently leads North America in the number of high rises being built, with 140 towers under construction and another 140 in the works. Whether this increase in high rise construction will lead to a spike in construction deficiency claims and...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 9, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
By Donald H. Lapowich The plaintiff owner of a property has a deed that included a right-of-way for the various defendant cottagers. This right-of-way was a laneway on the owner’s property. However, it was no longer in the same location as set out in the deed. The...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 3, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
By Donald H. Lapowich A developer agreed to purchase the vendor’s property described as “26 acres more or less”. When closing time came, the developer demanded an abatement in the purchase price (actual acreage was 23.883 acres). When the developer sued the owner, it...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 24, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
The plaintiffs in a recent case owned a number of residential properties in Ontario. They rented one of the houses to a woman whose son used special equipment to turn marijuana into cannabis resin. In the process, the son caused an explosion and fire that destroyed...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 1, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
The Ontario Superior Court considered an action by the purchaser of a house who had two young children. The vendor did not disclose to purchasers the fact (that was well known in the area) that a convicted sex offender lived across the street. The vendors asked the...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 6, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
A purchaser of a commercial condo unit required a “clean” status certificate, which was signed by the president of the condo corporation and the purchase closed. The president had not inspected the purchaser’s unit and only later was it discovered that the doorway had...
