by Cohen Highley | Jul 27, 2023 | On Air, Personal Injury Law
Lucy Lee ANNOUNCER: I’m with Lucy Lee from Cohen Highley Lawyers. What criteria must someone prove to win a personal injury lawsuit? LUCY: There are four elements. First is whether the alleged wrongdoer owes a duty of care to the injured person, generally in car...
by Cohen Highley | Jul 17, 2023 | Family Law, On Air
https://cohenhighley.com/wp-content/files/Determining-Child-Support.mp3 Ken Fraser In Ontario all support is determined by the Child Support guidelines. What are they? Child support guidelines are government issued and formulas which regulate the amount of money a...
by Cohen Highley | Jul 11, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins
A private landlord and an SHP entered into a standard form of residential lease which specifically stated the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) governed their relationship, and named the housing provider as the sole tenant. Despite this, the Board determined that the...
by Cohen Highley | Jul 11, 2023 | Land Ownership
As a follow up to our Bulletin about the Green Acres decision of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), which found that the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) did not apply to a seasonal park, we now have a decision that takes the analysis one step further. Kristin Ley...
by Cohen Highley | Jul 10, 2023 | Condominium Law
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...
by Cohen Highley | Jul 10, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins, Rental Housing Law
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:...
