A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal concluded that the higher you live in a building the lower your chances of surviving cardiac arrest (if you suffer cardiac arrest at home). The research was based on 7,842 cases…
Resilient Communities Ontario
Lash Condo Law is thrilled to be involved with the launching of Resilient Communities Ontario (RCO) a new non-profit association of Property Management Professionals and Industry experts, which was formed out of the need for communities in Ontario to take…
Condo Board Meetings in Mandarin Prompts Human Rights Complaint
A group of condominium unit owners in Richmond, B. C. have filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, claiming that they were being discriminated against because the condominium board decided that all board meetings would be conducted…
Condominium Corporations Must Act Reasonably in Enforcing Compliance with Condominium Documents
An Ottawa condominium corporation recently found that it was unable to recoup all of its legal costs incurred in seeking a compliance order against a unit owner and her resident son. There had been a 25-year history of incidents…
Another Owner Successfully Sues Condo Corp. for Oppression
In a prior blog post we noted that in walkable neighbourhoods in the downtown core, many condo unit purchasers are opting not to purchase a parking unit, as a car is not a necessity in such neighbourhoods. In other condominiums,…
Looking Back at Condominium Law in 2015
As we are quickly approaching a new year, we’ve taken a look back at the condominium legal landscape in Ontario over the past year. As usual, it has been an interesting year. Here’s our list of the some of the…
Condo Corporation Unfairly Disregards Unit Owner- “Pay and Display” Parking
A dispute about whether commercial parking units in a condominium could be operated on a “pay and display” hourly basis, led a unit owner in Ottawa to commence an application under section 135 of the Condominium Act (the “Act”) for…
Who Gets the Deposit When an Agreement of Purchase and Sale Ends?
In a recent case, the purchaser of a condominium unit was successful in getting a court order compelling the vendor/developer to return the deposits paid by the purchaser, after the transaction failed to close. The purchaser agreed to purchase a…
Foreign Ownership of Condominiums in Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (“CMHC”) recently released data concerning foreign ownership of condominium units in Canada. The survey conducted by CMHC indicates that foreign ownership in Canada increased in 2015 over 2014 in Toronto Centre (from 4.3% to 5.8%),…
Vote Now for Best New Toronto Residential Condo in 2105
Urban Toronto is conducting a poll to select Urban Toronto’s favourite residential building in 2015. There are three categories of buildings determined by building height. To vote, just click on the artist-rendition pictures of the five buildings in each category…
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