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COMMERCIAL LEASING: Past, Precedent, and Future

In the third part of our review of trends in Canadian commercial law, several interesting cases are discussed.Canadian Western Bank v. 702348 Alberta Ltd.This case highlights...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: Fundamental Breach and Exclusion Clauses

The second instalment in our review of the emerging trends in commercial lease jurisprudence is evident in the lawsuit relating to HREIT Holdings 45 Corp. v....

COMMERCIAL LEASING: The Reality about Realty Taxes

It would appear from the papers reviewed so far in this series that the emphasis was on Commercial Law jurisprudence. There are instances, however, where matters...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: How the Court Applies Equitable Remedies

There have been some interesting developments in commercial leasing law over the last year, among which can be seen important trends in commercial leasing jurisprudence.Equitable RemediesIt...

What Residential Landlords are Not Normally Aware Of

In 2002, the Conservative government provincial legislature offered some concessions to landlords by enacting a regulation allowing landlords to avoid liability for carrying out maintenance work as long...

Why Landlords are discouraged from maintaining and adding apartments to existing rental complexes

Provincial and municipal governments in the past decade have permitted infill residential development because it allows for high density housing along major transportation corridors, thereby encouraging...

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Your responsibility and your neighbor’s

How clean is greenThe proverbial question relating to environmental contamination is the extent of the clean-up that needs to be undertaken. Considerable time and resources have been...

THE RESIDENTAL LANDORD AND COMMON HARDSHIPS

Politics and ideology continually influence the law regarding residential tenancies in Ontario, largely because of the nature of the subject. Whenever there is a major change...

Real Estate and New Environmental Laws

Passed on May 14, 2009, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (“GEGEA”) and the enacted Green Energy Act (“Green Energy Act”) have as their main...

CONSUMER DEBT: What Collection Agencies Can & Cannot Do

From Mumbai to Manitoba, there are often horror stories in the media of people being (verbally) abused, beaten up, chased down, dragged out and subjected to...