Real Estate
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December 10, 2024
Ontario appeal court sides with First Nation over beachfront land excluded from reserve
Ontario’s top court has ruled in favour of a First Nation that said that a stretch of beachfront property on Lake Huron had been unfairly excluded from its reserve lands.
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December 06, 2024
No Charter breach when police warrantlessly searched text messages in ‘exigent circumstances’: SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed 6-3 an Ontario man’s appeal of his drug trafficking convictions, holding that his Charter rights were not breached because “exigent circumstances” justified police, without a warrant, using a cellphone they seized from a drug dealer to impersonate that dealer and continue his texting with the accused to arrange what police suspected to be a purchase of fentanyl-laced heroin.
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December 06, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal overturns order allowing third-party claim in Aboriginal title case
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld an order adding a First Nation as a defendant in another First Nation’s Aboriginal title claim — but overturned an order permitting the additional First Nation to file a third-party claim, citing potential delays.
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December 06, 2024
Ontario red tape bill takes aim at housing development, landlord and tenant board
Ontario has brought in new legislation aimed at cutting red tape and helping to spur economic growth, with many of the provisions aimed at accelerating housing development and fixing the backlog at the provincial landlord and tenant board.
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December 06, 2024
Force majeure rejected, buyer pays price for lack of financing
The doctrines of force majeure and/or frustration are occasionally raised by buyers seeking to avoid liability under an otherwise binding agreement to complete the purchase of real estate. In such cases, the focus is on external events that occurred after the signing of the agreement and before the transaction was scheduled to be completed. However, if the underlying reason for a buyer’s predicament is their failure to have sufficient financing in place, they will have difficult finding a way out based upon other developments.
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December 06, 2024
Quebec municipalities are stepping up environmental efforts
Quebec municipalities are intensifying their efforts to protect the environment. This article gives examples of actions recently undertaken by municipalities in that regard.
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December 05, 2024
Lawyers’ 2024 year end and legal challenges for 2025 | Jacob Murad
As 2024 comes to an end, it is important to reflect on the year that went by and look forward to the challenges faced by legal professionals for the upcoming year. Here are a few that come to mind:
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December 05, 2024
A path to truth, reconciliation and bridge-building | Tony Stevenson
Good day, everyone. I just wanted to describe the work that we do in the communities, schools, universities and the organizations that invite us to help educate the participants on the history of the First Nations people. This is the history that many of you were never taught in school. Why? I honestly don’t know. Whatever the reason, it was very detrimental to our relationships in this country. If those history books had included the whole truth of Canada’s history, I believe we would all be prospering and living cohesively.
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December 04, 2024
Household debt, cyber vulnerabilities main threats to financial stability, say market participants
Over half of investment dealers and portfolio managers are concerned about the stability of the Canadian financial system, according to a survey by Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) with household debt, cyber vulnerabilities, the geopolitical environment and the housing crisis being top concerns.
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December 04, 2024
Ontario private member's bill aimed at regulating captive wildlife and zoos
An Ottawa-area MPP has introduced a new private member's bill aimed at addressing the lack of provincial oversight for captive wildlife. The Captive Wildlife Protection Act, 2024 was said to be brought for the purpose of improving animal welfare and public safety, citing dangers posed by “roadside zoos.”