Ontario Condo Law Blog : Toronto Condominium Lawyer & Attorney : Gardiner Miller Arnold Law Firm : Ontario, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener

A serious injury or fatality occurring on a condominium’s common elements gives rise to a host of issues and things that must be done promptly. One notification that many condominium boards and managers might not consider making is to the Ministry of Labour, particularly if the injured person is not a employee or contractor performing work for the condominium corporation.

A recent decision of Ontario’s Divisional Court clarifies the obligation of employers to report to the Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) critical injuries or fatalities suffered by people at their workplace and confirms that the obligation extends to non-workers.

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If you're looking for activities between rainshowers and sporadic bursts of sunshine this Victoria Day long weekend, reading the Spring edition of our quarterly newsletter might help fill the void.  It's available here.

Topics include:

• Electronic status certificates
• Access to condo owners' lists

Are there topics that you'd like to see in a future issue?  If so, drop us a line or submit a comment below.  We always love to hear from you.

Have a good long weekend.

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In a recent entry, we mentioned that the responsible minister did not attend the recent CCI Golden Horseshoe condominium conference and did not send a delegate in his place.

Minister Gerretsen has responded to that point with a letter to clarify the issue. His letter can be viewed here.

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Here’s my picks for the best condo-related stuff from the Twitterverse, guaranteed to help pass a weekend filled with lousy weather, traffic snarlups, subway detours and downtown marathons.

COURT / TRIBUNAL DECISIONS

ONSC: Condo developer breached elaborate terms of a Tarion settlement, engineer appointed to set scope of repair work - http://bit.ly/hWbge9

HRTO: Condo super's claim of being fired for disability dismissed since same issue rejected in earlier ruling by OLRB - http://bit.ly/iPvy9e

ABQB: Lawyer with iffy retainer signed by developer-controlled condo bd lacks authority to act or to sue for fees - http://bit.ly/lsRlVq

ONSC extends administrator's mandate for 12 months at YCC 506, a condo "in extremis" - http://bit.ly/lW4cQY

HRTO dismisses human rights complaint of married woman offended by condo board addressing her as "Miss." http://bit.ly/mvJMyV

ONSC orders referendum on whether notoriously troubled Toronto condo will emerge from court administration. http://bit.ly/lWu7gr

HRTO: Condo pool rules fixing kids swim hours and banning diapered babies struck down as discriminatory. $10K fine. http://bit.ly/iwCUwE

ONSC: Unit owners’ failure to pay condo common expenses leads to mortgage default; bank may exercise power of sale. http://bit.ly/ghHf0v

ONSC denies owners’ bid to discharge condo administrator but sets a process and future hearing for owners' input. http://bit.ly/ibEg3W

OLRB welcomes Peel Condominium Corp. No. 57 to the [insert adjective here] world of unionized superintendents. http://bit.ly/h0QWU7  

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May 5, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of Ontario’s Condominium Act, 1998 coming into force.

While the Act received Royal Assent in December 1998 (hence the Act’s name), the government of the day felt that a short transition period (of 2 years, 4 months and 17 days!) was needed to ease everyone into the new regime. To be fair, the 1998 Act was a near-complete overhaul of the prior version which existed in substantially the same form since 1979. The 1979 version was the first revision since the proclamation of Ontario’s original Condo Act in 1967. The 1998 Act, then, was only the second major revision in 30 years of condominium law in this province. 

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