In our last blog post, we wrote about a pet owner who was ordered to permanently remove her dog from a condominium unit after she failed to establish that she had a disability under the Human Rights Code which the…
Condo Pet Eviction After Court Rejects Human Rights Claim
As we have reported in prior blog posts, many pet owners who have breached the pet restrictions in their condominium documents will go to great lengths to keep the pet when the condominium corporation takes steps to enforce these restrictions.…
Bill 106 Highlights – The Condo Guide
With the rapid rise in the number of condominium projects being constructed, many purchasers of units are first-time condominium owners. For this reason, many purchasers do not have a complete understanding of how condominiums operate and how condominium ownership differs…
Condo Unit Owner Awarded Damages for Oppression by Condo Corporation
In a recent decision by the Superior Court of Ontario, Wu v. PCC No. 245, the Court found that a condominium owner had been oppressed by the condominium corporation and that her interests had been unfairly prejudiced and disregarded. The…
Bill 106 Highlights- Mandatory Licensing of Condominium Managers
In addition to amending the Condominium Act, Bill 106 also enacts the Condominium Management Services Act. This legislation will require mandatory licensing of all individual condominium managers, and condominium management companies (which are referred to in the legislation as condominium…
Search Warrant on Common Elements – Privacy Rights
We previously blogged about a case where a man accused of drug trafficking was acquitted, as the police had on three occasions entered the common elements of the condominium in which the accused resided and owned a unit, without permission…
Josh Milgrom interviewed in Condo News – Inappropriate behaviour and liability issues
Gray Joynt of Sanderson Management Ltd. recently interviewed Josh Milgrom for an article in Condo News magazine on the potential liability that condo corporations face when dealing with inappropriate conduct of employees.
Court Orders Clean-up of Bug infested Condo Unit
Dealing with an owner whose unit is filthy, smelly and bug-infested is a challenging situation for any condominium corporation. In a recent case, YCC No. 41 v. Schneider, the corporation found itself in court for a second time after the…
Status Certificate Liability – Cost Ramifications
In a previous blog post, we reviewed the Court of Appeal’s decision in Orr v. MTCC 1056, where the condominium corporation and a unit purchaser’s lawyers were found equally liable to the purchaser for damages for negligent misstatement and negligence,…
Electronic Signatures Permitted in Ontario Real Estate Documents
Effective July 1, 2015 an amendment to the Electronic Commerce Act makes it legal for parties to sign agreements of purchase and sale and other documents that create or transfer an interest in land by way of electronic signatures. It…
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