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

Each of the 1,000+ attendees at the spectacular ACMO/CCI-T Condominium Conference earlier this month received a complimentary copy of the Conference Edition of our Condo Alert! newsletter in their delegate bag.

In case you missed the conference, you can pick up this special edition newsletter (in pdf) here or by clicking the picture on the right. 

Topics include:

• Tendering
• Hoarding in condo units
• Human rights vs. Health and safety in pools

Our thanks to everyone who attended the educational sessions hosted by GMA lawyers or who stopped to chat with any of us on the conference floor.  We were thrilled to see so many friends (old and new) and we're already looking forward to next year.  

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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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The winter edition of our quarterly newsletter is now available online.

Special features in this edition include:

• Top 10 condo law cases of 2010
• Benefits of a condo privacy policy
• The coolest condo-related Worldle you've ever seen!

The printed version of this publication has the handy added feature of combustion, which might help keep readers warm during this cold spell.  Our lawyers ask us to remind you to please be sure to drop the hardcopy shortly after lighting.

Luckily, it won't be long now until spring according to the customary gang of revered varmints across Canada.  Stay warm in the meantime!

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Attendees at last week's spectacular ACMO/CCI-T Condominium Conference received in their delegate bag a complimentary copy of the Conference Edition of Gardiner Miller Arnold's Condo Alert! newsletter. 

In response to popular demand, we're now releasing this special edition to the public.  

Topics include:

• PIPEDA compliance
• Booting out owners for extreme behaviour
• Prostitution laws
• Parallel proceedings under Condo Act and Human Rights Code
• Special bonus feature: The coolest condo-related Wordle ever seen!

Click the picture at right or this link to view/download the pdf version for yourself or to share with others.

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As the season changes and we resume normal work hours, our quarterly newsletter returns with new tidbits of useful info.

Topics in this edition include:

• Why condos need legal advice about warranty claims
• New defence to defamation lawsuits 
• Workplace violence risk assessments for condos
• Firm news, including our speaking engagements this fall

Download your pdf copy here.

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The spring edition of GMA's quarterly Condo Alert! newsletter is ready.  

Topics include:

• Extricating individual directors and managers from human rights claims
• When does a condo lien cause slander of title? 
• Single family use provisions and the Human Rights Code
• Alterations: Stay or go?

Bonus feature: Discover the secret location where Bob Gardiner does his best work

Download a pdf copy here.

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With spring nearly upon us, it's high time to unleash the winter edition of GMA's quarterly newsletter.   Enjoy it while sitting in the sunshine this week.

Major topics featured in this issue include:

• Condo mediation
• Workplace violence and harassment (Bill 168)
• Top 10 condo law cases of 2009
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Download a pdf copy here.

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Here is the latest edition of Gardiner Miller Arnold's Condo Alert! 

Topics covered in this issue include:

• The new Apology Act
• Increased limit of Small Claims Court jurisdiction
• Using consultants in CCDC-2 contracts
• Steps to guaranteed lien collection

This issue was distributed in the grab bag given to all attendees of the ACMO/CCI-T Condo Conference this past weekend.   Kudos to the conference organizers and participants for a well-organized, well-attended and brilliant conference!

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Just in time for the first week of fall, the Summer 2009 edition of our Condo Alert! newsletter is now available here.  

Topics include:

• Altering common elements to accommodate disabilities
• Condo law in the context of international humanitarian law
• Limitations issues in construction deficiency cases

Stay tuned for the fall edition, which will be released just in time for the annual CCI/ACMO Condominium Conference in early November.  

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Check out the Spring 2009 issue of the GMA Condo Alert! newsletter.

Topics include:

• Directors' fiduciary duties
• Fair hearing of owner disputes
• Checking for easements
• Human rights cases dealing with pools

Click here to view the newsletter in PDF.

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The latest edition of Gardiner Miller Arnold's Condo Alert! newsletter is now available online. 

Topics include:

• Residential condo purchases commercial hotel operation
• Customer service standard imposes accessibility requirements
• Electronic status certificates
• Privacy Commissioner on the examination of condo records
• Signing condo service contracts
• GMA firm news

Click here to view the newsletter.

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By popular demand, a PDF version of the premiere edition of our Condo Alert! newsletter is now available for your online viewing pleasure.

Topics  include:

• Trademarking your condo name
• The new human rights regime
• Clotheslines and clothestrees
• GMA firm news

We also offer an answer to this age-old question: “How may lawyers does it take to stop traffic in downtown Toronto on a Friday afternoon?” See page 4.

Click here to view the newsletter now.

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