Due to a lender's reliance upon the income streams associated with real property to be used as security in a commercial mortgage financing transaction, the leases that exist upon a borrower's property are the most important assets of that borrower next to the value of the land to be mortgaged.

On March 22, 2017 Ontario Bill 27, the Burden Reduction Act, 2017 ("BRA") went into force and, among other things, this legislation made two changes of note to lenders and lessors.

Here are just five of the many reasons why retaining experienced bankruptcy and insolvency counsel can make a big difference.

The Federal Court of Appeal earlier this year remitted a decision to the Federal Court to clarify an ambiguity in a judgment issued on summary trial relating to recidivist sale of counterfeit Chanel merchandise.

On September 27, Calgary police arrested Mario Antonacci on Quebec warrants originating from a 2007 alleged assault on his former Montreal landlady.

In Condominium Corporation No 042 5177 v Kuzio, 2020 ABQB 152 [Kuzio], the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench determined that section 32(5) of the Condominium Property Act does not invalidate...

On Friday, September 1, 2017, changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 ("RTA") affected how landlords can terminate a tenancy.

On October 26, 2017, Bill 16, the Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 ( "Bill-16"), passed first reading, which will be of particular interest to residential landlords and developers.

On May 29, 2020, the BC government introduced legislation that impacts all commercial landlords that do not participate in the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program ("CECRA").

The province of British Columbia has extended the temporary rental supplement (the "TRS") until the end of August 2020 to support landlords and tenants amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 25, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Province of British Columbia announced a housing plan to help provide assistance to residential landlords and tenants, and further the goals for ...

On Friday April 24, 2020, the Federal Government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more information relating to the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program.

On October 9, 2020, the Federal Government announced plans to introduce the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy ("CERS")

Recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered a landlord's winter maintenance obligations in an action arising out of a tenant's slip and fall in a parking lot in Cannon v. Cemcor Apartments Inc., 2017...

The principle of caveat emptor, meaning "let the buyer beware," remains an important legal doctrine for real property transactions in Canada.

Typically, commercial office properties are assessed using the income approach.

A general guideline for landlords who do not want to be sued.

Over the course of the coming weeks, we will be sharing a bulletin miniseries authored by members of our Ontario Real Estate Group on commercial leasing and landlord remedies.

On April 19, 2021, the Federal Government unveiled their proposed 2021 Federal Budget, entitled A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience (the "Budget").

Alberta’s provincial election is fast approaching and that can only mean two things: bright-eyed candidates door-knocking across the province, and an increasing number of calls to our office...