by Jordana Springgay | Apr 13, 2026 | Legal Issues
7780 Eperson Rd., Richmond B.C. (zolo.ca) A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of a Richmond homebuyer who refused to complete a $2.65-million purchase after the property flooded just days before possession, finding the seller breached the contract....
by James R.G. Cook | Mar 9, 2026 | Legal Issues
Stock photo (Canva) QUICK HITS A buyer submitted a $557,000 offer on an Ontario property without making her agreement conditional on financing, despite knowing before she made the offer that the property’s zoning had changed from residential to W2. The...
by James R.G. Cook | Aug 7, 2025 | Legal Issues
QUICK HITS: The seller told the buyers that there were multiple competing offers. In reality, no other written offers existed. The court found that the buyers were wrongfully induced to overpay for the property due to the seller’s misrepresentations. They were awarded...
by James R.G. Cook | Apr 11, 2025 | Legal Issues
QUICK HITS In Dawood v. Popes Property Holdings Inc., the Ontario Superior Court held that an individual behind a corporation could not be held personally liable for a failed real estate transaction once the corporation had properly adopted the agreement under...
by James R.G. Cook | Mar 17, 2025 | Columnists, Legal Issues
QUICK HITS An Ontario Superior Court decision in Reel em Inn and Resort v. RNR Doemel Enterprises ruled that a buyer was entitled to terminate a real estate transaction and recover their deposit after the seller failed to address outstanding work orders before...
