by Emma Caplan-Fisher | May 2, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) has launched a case against two Ontario realtors, and two additional (unknown) defendants. Court documents provided to REM state that the defendants — Sandra Maher and Penny Dutkowski, who are not TRREB members, along...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 26, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The real estate industry is in for another lawsuit very soon. This new case pulls on similar legal claims made in the Sunderland case, which alleges price-fixing conspiracy among industry players. You can learn more about it here and here. Find out more next week, as...
by James R.G. Cook | Jun 14, 2023 | Legal Issues, News
QUICK HITS: A real estate agent provided a rough estimate of property values to a client going through a separation, but the client later felt it was too low and sued the agent for negligence. The agent argued that the client received what she paid for and that the...
by James R.G. Cook | Nov 10, 2022 | News
Often, an agreement to purchase real estate will have a conditional period to allow for various steps to be completed by either the buyer or seller. An appeal decision in Ontario’s Divisional Court affirmed that a party cannot generally sue for compensation...
by Natalka Falcomer | Apr 11, 2022 | Featured, Legal Issues
If you want to discover new issues that are arising in our industry – and what Realtors must learn to do – you should peruse the decisions of your regulatory bodies. These decisions highlight the mistakes Realtors are making as consumer demands change. Here are a few...
