Tag: tenant
Tag: tenant
What Are the Rights of a Landlord?
With the prices of real estate in Ontario soaring, many people are renting longer. So if you have been able to invest in rental properties, it...
The Ontario Real Estate market meets its April 2017 Budget; are we in crisis?
April 2017 will possibly go down as the turning point in Ontario/Canada's economy. Although the brunt of the straws that broke the camel’s back were dropped...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: A Case in Point
Constructive Trusts Without Unjust EnrichmentIn a majority judgment in Soulos v. Korkontzilas, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that a constructive trust arose in the absence...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: All About Constructive Trusts
The Constructive TrustA constructive trust is formed by operation of law. It is considered an equitable remedy so as to prevent unjust enrichment, which is when...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: The Various Types
Resulting Trusts Arising from Mortgage FraudThe Alberta Court of Appeal observed in Luitenko v. McAleer that a resulting trust arose out of mortgage fraud. The respondent,...
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...
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...
