by REM Editorial Team | May 14, 2010 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Matthew Brewer The call to our office was simple enough. A client was looking to purchase an older building. As the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. explains in their publication Introduction to Environmental Site Assessments, “Individuals and corporations are,...
by REM Editorial Team | May 10, 2010 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Steve Szentesi On March 12, the last of Canada’s Competition Act amendments came into force. They are the most significant changes to Canadian competition law in 25 years and arguably since Canada adopted competition law in 1889. Included are changes to most of the...
by REM Editorial Team | May 7, 2010 | Legal Issues
A tenant leased part of an office building on the landlord’s golf course. The lease included a golf membership that was paid for through rent. The Canadian Open was being held at the course, and the landlord relinquished control of the golf course to the Canadian...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 11, 2010 | Legal Issues
Have you come across a document that restricts the usage of a particular piece of property for the benefit of an adjoining piece or parcel? If drafted correctly as a “restrictive covenant” it will not only bind the people who originally agreed to the terms, but also...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 11, 2010 | Legal Issues
Here are some recent cases that came across my desk. Many cases are reported about the employer’s obligation to accommodate employees’ needs. In a recent action involving a secretary in a law firm, the secretary suffered from a variety of symptoms and multiple...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 24, 2009 | Legal Issues
By Donald Lapowich A 79-year-old woman agreed to sell farm land by means of a lease “option agreement”. The price was divided between the value of the land and house. The purchase price would be paid over seven years, with no interest and most of the monies payable...
