Real Estate
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February 28, 2024
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES - Tenancy agreement - Landlord’s rules and regulations
Appeal by McNeil (appellant) from reviewing judge’s decision affirming the Residential Tenancy Branch’s (RTB) decision concluding that the RTB did not have jurisdiction over the dispute.
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February 27, 2024
Online harms bill would create new hate crimes, duties for social media, stiff fines, imprisonment
The federal government’s proposed Online Harms Act was welcomed by several advocacy groups who rated it a substantial improvement over Ottawa’s proposed blueprint three years ago; however red flags were raised, including questions around new hate crime provisions and penalties; whether the definitions of the targeted online harms are appropriately tailored; and whether a proposed new online regulator’s broad discretionary powers have adequate safeguards.
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February 27, 2024
Are lease transfers in Quebec dead, and if they are, so what? | Shayna Wise-Till
Quebec’s new housing bill became law in late February 2024 — but what does that mean for tenants? Are lease transfers dead, and if they are, so what?
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February 26, 2024
Ford slammed by bar for politicizing judge appointments; JPs threaten suit over pay review delays
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is garnering sharp criticism from the legal community for further politicizing an appointment process that four years ago was lauded as the “the gold standard for the appointment of an independent and qualified judiciary,” free from partisan considerations.
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February 26, 2024
New Canadian real estate leader appointed at Gowling
Gowling WLG has announced that Julie Lanteigne is the new leader of the real estate practice group in Canada. She succeeds previous leader Joel Camley.
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February 23, 2024
Ottawa files its appeal of Federal Court’s ruling that gov’t illegally invoked emergency powers
Citing multiple grounds of appeal, Ottawa has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn last month’s Federal Court judgment that the federal Liberal government acted unreasonably and illegally two years ago when it declared a public order emergency and purported to arrogate to itself under the federal Emergencies Act extraordinary powers to end truckers' disruption of the capital and ports of entry in protest of government-mandated pandemic measures.
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February 23, 2024
Two new associate chief judges for Nova Scotia
Judge Ronda van der Hoek and Judge D. Shane Russell have been named associate chief judges, who can, in addition to hearing matters in court, assist the chief judge with responsibilities related to the administration of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court.
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February 22, 2024
How to fix crisis at Landlord and Tenant Board | Kathy Laird and Voy Stelmaszynski
In part one of this series, we presented the latest data from Tribunals Ontario’s website about the lengthy delays facing landlords and tenants at Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) and the backlog of over 53,000 applications. We also put the situation at the LTB in the context of other tribunals that are failing at Tribunals Ontario, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, where the backlog has more than doubled.
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February 23, 2024
CONDOMINIUMS - Condominium corporation - Rights and obligations
Appeal by appellants from order granting respondent a writ of possession over the condominium unit. The appellants were the unit owners while the respondent was the condominium corporation.
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February 22, 2024
Quebec’s free entry mining system ‘vestige of the Gold Rush days,’ lawyer says
A Quebec judge is currently grappling with arguments that the province’s free entry mining system is unconstitutional after a First Nation launched a legal challenge saying the regime has led to a systematic failure to consult and accommodate Indigenous communities.