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Estate planning is not an easy task, as families are complicated.

It's fall and that means we're back in the thick of another condominium meeting season, a most wonderful time of year! We wanted to share some of the Fogler's Condo Group's tips, tricks,

On October 10, 2012, the Québec Court of Appeal rendered a most interesting judgment for owners and managers of commercial real estate.

In what appears to be the last judgment written by Chief Justice McLachlin before her retirement this past weekend, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the scope of the doctrine of proprietary estoppel.

One of the most significant proposed amendments set out in Bill 106, (Protecting Condominium Owners Act,2015) is the introduction of an entity called the Condominium Authority.

The court has addressed this question in the case of Kulyk v. Kulyk, 2024 ONSC 4213, involving the estate of Nicholas Kulyk, who passed away in 2013.

With experts forecasting a cooling real estate market for the beginning of 2019, some executors may be tempted to hang on to real property that falls within an estate and wait until more favourable market conditions ...

As summer (finally) approaches, it is common for Boards to break until the fall.

Incorporating enables individuals in various industries to employ business advantages that were previously only available to more standard business corporations.

In Golfside Ventures Ltd. (Re), Golfside had a Joint Venture Agreement to develop their land with Obcorp. Golfside subsequently went bankrupt, and its only asset was the land subject...

This is one of a series of newsletters that the Condominium Law Group at Fogler, Rubinoff LLP will be providing to our condominium industry contacts as changes to the Condominium Act, 1998 are implemented.

The Ontario Court of Appeal addressed issues concerning rights of survivorship and tenants in common in the recent decision Jackson v. Rosenberg, 2024 ONCA 875, which was released on December 4, 2024.

When an owner, who is also a condo board member, fails to comply with the bylaws or the Condominium Property Act, fines are imposed.</

One of the most common questions asked of condominium lawyers is whether a certain item should be included in a status certificate and, if so, how should it be phrased.

Making a gift to a loved one shortly before death may seem like a generous or meaningful gesture. However, in Québec, some of these "last-minute" gifts – known in legal...

Making a gift to a loved one shortly before death may seem like a generous or meaningful gesture. However, in Québec, some of these "last-minute" gifts – known in legal terms as gifts mortis causa...

During the course of litigation, plaintiffs may seek evidence that a defendant has engaged in a similar pattern of impugned conduct with other people who are not involved in the lawsuit.