by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | May 26, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
Shared driveways are a common feature of many residential properties and it can often be hard to define exactly where one person’s property ends and another’s begins. Because of this, many neighbours have unspoken agreements about how to share and access this space...
by James R.G. Cook | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
Home buyers would do well to ensure that their local municipal bylaws and easements do not prohibit their development plans before they embark on any major construction or renovation projects. In a recent case, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that homeowners were...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Nov 18, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
What recourse do you have when your commercial neighbour decides to unilaterally remove parking that you both share? This issue was addressed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in York Region Condominium Corporation No. 890 v. Market Village Markham Inc. York...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jul 16, 2019 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Maybe it’s the new flight service by Porter Airlines to Muskoka or maybe it’s the smog that’s prompting Torontonians to move from the hustle and bustle of the city to set up a life in cottage country. Or maybe (and more likely) it’s the cost of a home in the city....
by Mark Weisleder - Senior Partner, RealEstateLawyers.ca LLP | Aug 13, 2015 | Featured
There is an expression that good fences make good neighbours. One qualification. Only when the fence happens to be on the correct boundary line. Mark Weisleder presents five things to remember when it comes to boundary rights. Mark Weisleder - Senior Partner,...
