Here are our picks for the top 10 Ontario condo law cases of the year.
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Case Studies
Court boots out unit owner for “extreme behaviour”
By Andrea Lusk on
Posted in Case Studies, Living Together
The forced sale of a condo unit is among the most drastic remedies a court can order and is granted only in extremely rare circumstances. This is the story of one of those cases.
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Condo liable when superintendent assaults visitor
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies
Jia v. TSCC 1479 describes an ugly assault and battery perpetrated by a condominium superintendent against a visitor and provides a number of important lessons.
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Court clarifies full costs recovery provision
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies
A recent decision clarifies how condo corporations collect the “additional actual costs” incurred in obtaining compliance orders under the Condominium Act, 1998.
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Court restrains requisition meeting, orders cooling-off period
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies, Living Together
Here is a heartbreaking case of a condo on its way down the spiral to hell.
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Condo wins slander of title case but loses bid for complete costs recovery
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies, Condominium Act, 1998
Another interesting lesson emerges from Jeffers v. YCC 98, the slander of title case we reported about earlier this year, this time about s.134(5) of the Condo Act.
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5 lessons from Calgary condo fire
By Chris Jaglowitz on
This month’s news featured a horrifying story of a serious fire at a 159-unit condominium building in Calgary. We’ve come up with 5 lessons from this story.
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Tackling rude, disrespectful conduct
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies, Living Together
We are seeing an increase in human rights claims relating to bad service or poor treatment by the condo board or manager. Here are some comments and tips.
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Toronto Hydro censured for illegal condo hookup practices
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies, Legislation & Regulation
The OEB has ruled against Toronto Hydro’s practice of refusing to connect hydro service to the bulk meters of new condominium projects unless all units in the condominium are individually smart-metered by Toronto Hydro.
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Condo lien is not slander of title when the owner is in arrears
By Chris Jaglowitz on
Posted in Case Studies, Financial Issues
Unit owners who have a problem about a condominium lien should get legal advice and then follow that advice. Here’s what happens when they don’t.
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