Construction Law

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

 A real estate development agreement is an agreement between two parties; a developer or a construction company and the owner of the land. This agreement refers...

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: A Brief on Real Property Acquisition & Disposition

Since the onset of the global economic struggles that hit the international business scene; trade and industry have been greatly affected. Commercial real estate in Canada...

Forgetting to Defend a Law Suit, Setting Aside the Default Judgment

I love this saying…“you can’t change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future”. It applies to so many of us....

Real Estate: Buying an Investment Condo Pre-Build and the GST/HST Rebate

A few months ago my clients came in to sign the builder documents for interim occupancy for their condominium unit which they purchased pre-build as an...

Title Searching: “The Things Passes With Its Burden”

In the purchase and sale of a property, the most important aspect of the transfer between buyer and seller is making sure that the seller has...

Law Update: Sub-Contractors in the Design-Build Tendering Process

Some legal decisions have direct impact on how a company conducts business. The Supreme Court of Canada in Design Services Ltd. v. Canada, 1 S.C.R....