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The Lesson Learned from a Leasing Arrangement
In the previous installment, we reviewed a scenario when the lender can attorn rents and the tenant has to pay rent to the lender. Assuming that...
ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES, RENTS, NON DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT: How To Differentiate Between Them
In this context, Madame Justice McKinley also dealt with the situation where a lease is absolutely assigned by the owner of land but the reversionary interest...
A Discussion about the Assignment of Leases
As the Goodyear case considered in-depth assignments of rents and leases to determine the impact on the doctrine of privity, it is necessary to discuss the...
The Law of Lease Assignments
Earlier we have seen how Goodyear benefited from its lawsuit against Burnhamthorpe. This verdict is compared with the generally accepted good law set out in Corbett...
Assignments of Leases: Goodyear, A Case in Review
Goodyear v. BurnhamthorpeGoodyear was the tenant under a long-term ground lease of part of an office building in Etobicoke, known as 10 & 21 Four Seasons...
Assignment of leases, rents, non-disturbance, and attornment
Assignment and Assumption of Contracts General RulesThe lease is a mixture of benefits and obligations, which can be unilateral or bilateral. The “assignor”, or a party...
Assignment of Rents: Potential Conflicts and Exceptions
In the previous instalment, we discussed the difference between lease and rents and left open the manner of their registration. It is a fait accompli that...
ASSIGNMENTS OF LEASES, RENTS, NON DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT: An Introduction
Leases and tenancies of a secured property are of great interest to a commercial lender for the following reasons:1. The borrower could pay the debt from...
Understanding Municipal Tax Sales: Legal Challenges
Other Legal Challenges Earlier we have discussed three Municipal Tax Sales clauses, which if applicable, leads to cancellation of sale. Besides cancellation by the treasurer, the...
Some Notes on Municipal Tax Sales
GST On July 1, 2010, the Harmonize Sales Tax (HST) will replace GST in Ontario. However, the province’s municipal tax sales legislation precedes the federal GST...
