Ontario's Progressive Conservative government has pledged to build at least 1.5 million new homes by 2031. The province passed five bills – Bill 108, Bill 109, Bill 23, Bill 97...

Imagine saving for years to finally invest in your dream home, only to discover that the builder wasn't licensed to sell or construct in Ontario — and you've lost your entire deposit.

This is underscored in the recent case of Correa v. Valstar Homes (Oakville Sixth Line) Inc., 2024 ONSC 3616. Here, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed the strict enforcement...

The purchase of a condominium is often the first foray into home ownership for many Canadians. Gaining a toehold in Canada's hottest housing...

The federal underused housing tax (the "Tax") is a new annual 1% tax on the value of non-resident, non-Canadian-owned residential real estate that is considered to be vacant or underused...

In just five years, artificial intelligence ("AI") has gone from a sci-fi fantasy to a reality influencing nearly every aspect of our lives.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified the duty of honest contractual performance in C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger.

Henderson v Slavkin deals with an employee bringing a claim against her employers, two dental surgeons operating a private practice in the GTA (the "Defendants").

No evictions are permitted for rent default during the NEP

On October 23, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act 2025, an omnibus bill intended to cut red tape, speed up construction timelines...

All residential home owners will have to submit a declaration of occupancy status to the city by February 2, 2023.

My last two articles have been about the CERS program which provides a subsidy to commercial tenants, as well as Bill 229 which is now law, which provides a...

Speedy, 5 letters. If that's the cross word clue, the answer is RAPID. And rapid is what you will have to be take advantage of this program. In this note, we explain why you need to be in starter blocks now.

Over the last two years, I've been steadily integrating AI into my practice. Today, I utilize enterprise-grade tools daily. They've transformed how I plan, execute, and deliver work.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") updated their guidance concerning privacy in the workplace and the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA").

Benjamin Tal virtually appeared at the Real Estate Forum on December 2, 2020 and was both entertaining and informative as always.

Bill 17, titled the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025, (The Proposed Act) was introduced on May 12, 2025 for first reading. It is not yet law.

For many lawyers, the rule against perpetuities brings back nightmares about trying to understand (or ignore at our peril) the tenet in law school.

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision suggests that owners of construction projects, even after delegating a General Contractor as the project's "constructor", ...

One of the most efficient ways to have the lien removed from title is to "vacate" the lien. However, vacating the lien does not resolve the underlying dispute between the lien claimant and the contracting party