Commercial Landlord & Tenant Issues
COMMERCIAL LEASING: Fundamental Breach and Exclusion Clauses
The second instalment in our review of the emerging trends in commercial lease jurisprudence is evident in the lawsuit relating to HREIT Holdings 45 Corp. v....
COMMERCIAL LEASING: How the Court Applies Equitable Remedies
There have been some interesting developments in commercial leasing law over the last year, among which can be seen important trends in commercial leasing jurisprudence.Equitable RemediesIt...
What Residential Landlords are Not Normally Aware Of
In 2002, the Conservative government provincial legislature offered some concessions to landlords by enacting a regulation allowing landlords to avoid liability for carrying out maintenance work as long...
Why Landlords are discouraged from maintaining and adding apartments to existing rental complexes
Provincial and municipal governments in the past decade have permitted infill residential development because it allows for high density housing along major transportation corridors, thereby encouraging...
THE RESIDENTAL LANDORD AND COMMON HARDSHIPS
Politics and ideology continually influence the law regarding residential tenancies in Ontario, largely because of the nature of the subject. Whenever there is a major change...
BUSINESS SENSE: Commercial Lease Enforcement & Remedies
The lease enforcement or implementation of the agreement between the landlord and the tenant should be deliberately followed to avoid any conflict and discussion. However, there...
THE BASICS OF A COMMERCIAL LEASE
The global economic recession unavoidably affected the commercial leasing market in Canada. This has caused landlords and tenants to think over their respective bargaining positions when engaging into...
Forgetting to Defend a Law Suit, Setting Aside the Default Judgment
I love this saying…“you can’t change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future”. It applies to so many of us....
Terminate Commercial Tenancy…Beware of the Pitfalls
I am lucky enough in my practice to handle a fair bit of commercial landlord/tenant disputes. I find this work challenging and rewarding, primarily because my...