What does a condo corporation do when an owner continues to make a multitude of requests for documentation that are not “records” of the condo corporation. In a recent decision by the Condominium Authority Tribunal (“CAT”), an owner, who was…
Condo Corporation Record Requests
Condo owners should take notice of the recent decision of the Condominium Authority Tribunal (“CAT”), Tonu Orav v. York Condominium Corporation No. 344 (“Tonu”) In Tonu, the owner requested various records from the condominium including both core and non-core records. The owner…
Condo Authority Tribunal-Tips
The 2017 amendments to the Condominium Act, 1998 (the “Act”) created the Condominium Authority Tribunal (“CAT”), an online tribunal that helps settle and decide condominium-related disputes in Ontario. Since its inception CAT has exclusively handled record related disputes between owners…
Condo Sets Up Registry for Cannabis Users
It was recently reported in the media that a Mississauga condominium corporation enacted a rule that requires all residents who wish to smoke cannabis in their units to register with the corporation within 30 days of the effective date of…
Condo Owners Responsible for Elevator Costs
There isn’t a day that goes by where elevators don’t come up in a conversation in our office. Elevator problems seem to be the focus of many owner complaints. Management and boards are finding this challenging since the condominium corporation…
Wrong Parties to a Condo Lawsuit
Condominiums projects are becoming more complex and multi-faceted. It is not uncommon to have several large condominium buildings developed in close proximity that share amenity areas, parking garages, roadways and security gate houses. In these instances, there are many new and…
Condominium Shared Facilities – Top 8 issues
In a previous blog post we wrote about the requirements for shared facility managers to be licenced where one or more of the parties to the shared facility agreement is a condominium corporation. This is a new requirement recently introduced…
Condo Developer’s Right to Terminate Pre-construction Agreements of Purchase and Sale – Recent Court Ruling
As we have reported in previous blog posts, there have been a number of pre-construction condominium developments in the Greater Toronto Area that have been canceled by the developers. The developers relied on early termination rights set out in the…
Electronic Voting- 6 myths – the Facts
Electronic Voting has been adopted by many condominium corporations, so it is time to dispel some myths about what Electronic Voting is and what it is not. Myth No. 1 – Electronic proxies are “online voting” or electronic voting. Wrong.…
Condo Energy-Saving Retrofits
As utility costs represent approximately 35 to 50% of the budget for high-rise condominiums, reducing these costs can significantly impact a corporation’s budget and the common expense fees paid by unit owners. Smart Energy Recovery (“SER”) is a new eco-friendly…
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