Ruling a Cautionary Tale for Condo Boards
THE LAWYERS WEEKLY Ontario’s Condominium Act provides a mechanism for unhappy unit owners to stage a statutory uprising by overthrowing and replacing a condo board of directors. A recent Superior Court case (MCC 232 v. Owners and Mortgagees of MCC 232 ONSC 4620) holds...Care Home vs. Retirement Home?: You Better Know The Difference!
The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (the “RTA”) has special provisions governing the operations of “Care Homes”. Care Home operators may now also be subject to special regulation under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 (the “RHA”). A landlord providing rental housing for...“Privacy” Issues Will Require Lease Amendments
The Divisional Court has ruled that, in the absence of express, permissive language in a lease, a Landlord may not take photographs of the interior of a rental unit and post the images when listing the unit for sale. In particular, the Court stated:...Yes! You Can Restrict Rentals to the “Over 50 Crowd”
Many residential landlords have expressed a preference, in their marketing and in admissions policy, for rentals to persons aged 50-plus. It has long been the view of landlords’ lawyers, however, that restricting tenancies to persons aged 50-plus, and rejecting...Are Child or Spousal Support Payments Tax Deductible?
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