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Real Property Section Newsletter

Volume 36, No. 3 - June/Juin 2010

In this Issue:
  • Message From the Editor
  • Message From the Chair
  • Goodbye 438-86: A New Comprehensive Zoning By-Law for Toronto
  • The Unauthorized Practice of Law: A Report from Symposium V
  • Case Commentary - Kabatoff v. Strata Corp. Plan NW 2767, 2009 BCHRT 344 (October 13, 2009)
  • Your Input Requested on the Tarion Addendum and Closing Adjustments
  • National Real Estate Law Comparison Chart
  • Upcoming Programs & Events
Volume 36, No. 2 - February/ Février 2010

In this Issue:
  • Message From the Editor
  • Message from the Chair
  • Ontario Subdivision Control: A Way Forward
  • A Condominium Corporation’s Duty to Accommodate
  • Ontario’s New Harmonized Sales Tax and Real Estate – How It Will Work
  • Edward Sonshine Keynote Speaker at Annual Real Estate Section Gala 
  • Gold in the Sunshine on Your Roof – Solar Facility Rooftop Leases
  • 2010 OBA Institute is Almost Here!
Volume 36, No. 1 - November/Novembre 2009

In this Issue:
  • Message From the Editor
  • Specific Performance for Vendors in Real Estate Transactions
  • More Efficient Residential Real Estate Closings
  • An Easement is an "Encumbrance"
  • Scare Well Water: A Breeding Ground for Litigation
  • OBA Award Dinner For Mark Freedman, June 25, 2009 
  • Message from the Chair
Volume 35, No. 2 - May/Mai 2009

In this Issue:
  • Double Whammy! Tax Harmonization and the New Home Building Industry
  • Ramsay Redux: The Continuing Saga of Older "Together With" and "Subject To" Easements Referenced in Deeds
  • What to Consider When Utilizing a Power of Attorney for Property
  • Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006
  • Right of Survivorship and Dependents Relief
  • Are Easements and Other Interests in Land Now in Greater Peril?
  • From NSULCs to LLCs: American Investment Vehicles for Canadian Real Estate
  • Message from the Chair
  • Editor's Note
  • Section Executive 2008-2009
Volume 35, No. 1 - December/Décembre 2008

In this Issue:
  • Editor's Note
  • Built Heritage in Ontario
  • The Position of a Landlord when the Tenant is a Foreign State
  • Goodbye "5/25": Withholding Tax Repealed on Mortgage Loans into Canada
  • Hare be Gone: Bill 114 on Demand Mortgages
  • Message from the Chair
  • Upcoming Program
  • Save the Date!
  • Section Executive 2008-2009

Volume 34, No. 2 - May/Mai 2008

In this Issue:

  • FCT Insurance Co v. Law Society of New Brunswick
  • Message from the Chair
  • Searching Adjoining Lands for Planning Act Compliance: When, and How Often?
  • Important Notice to Real Estate Lawyers
  • Landlord Can Keep Property Smoke-free
  • The Perfect Storm: A New "Present Use" Test from the Ontario Superior Court?
  • Case Comment: Avoiding One More Expense on Moving
  • Letter re: Purchasing Gasoline Stations
  • Advisory: Guidelines for Re-Use of Underground Single-Wall Tanks
  • Upcoming Program
  • Section Executive 2007-2008

Volume 34, No. 1 - November/Novembre 2007 

In this Issue:

  • Searching Corporate Existence Through the Chain of Title: How far is far enough?
  • Thanks but Not Goodbye!
  • Message from the Chair
  • Real Estate Lawyers and the Public: Raising the Profile of Real Estate Lawyers
  • The Unauthorized Practice of Real Estate Law: A Report from Symposium IV
  • Ontario Bar Association Submission: Proposed Amendments to the Construction Lien Act
  • Proposals for Changes to the Practice of Real Estate Law
  • Announcement
  • Upcoming Programs
  • Newsletters Now Electronic: Message from the Chair of Sections
  • National Pro Bono Mentorship Program / Le programme national de mentorat pro bono
  • Section Executive 2007-2008 

Volume 33, No. 2 - April/Avril 2007

In this Issue:

  • OREA Forms On-line, Practice Guidelines and Fee Schedule
  • Message from the Editor
  • Crown Reservations - Shared Experiences
  • Factors to Consider in Order to Ensure the Priority of a Leasehold Mortgage
  • Real Estate Fraud - Overcoming a Bad Situation
  • Bill 152 - It's Now the Law
  • Bar-related is Better
  • Leasehold Title Insurane
  • Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 33, No. 1 - November/Novembre 2006

In this Issue:

  • The Fee Schedule Returns
  • Real Kudos
  • Oil Fuel Tanks and the Purchase of a Residential Dwelling
  • Further Limitation Act Reforms: Bill 14
  • The New Minor Variance Rules, Revolution or Evolution? The DeGasperis v. Rosedale Case
  • Title Fraud: You Might have Mortgaged Your House this Morning without Even Knowing
  • Ramsayfest: The Epilogue
  • The Environmental Class-Action Bandwagon Begins to Roll: Pearson v. Inco
  • The New Mortgage Brokers Act. Where did the lawyers end up this time?
  • Nadvornianski v. Stewart Title: Nominees and Title Insurance
  • GPS Meets Metes & Bounds
  • Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 32, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2005

In this Issue:

  • Real Estate Free Survey
  • Title Insurance Buzz
  • Real Kudos
  • Kelo Expropriations - The Double-Edged Sword
  • Tax Refunds and Transactions of Purchase and Sale
  • RAMSAYFEST
  • When is a Corporation Not a Corporation?

Volume 31, No. 2 - May/Mai 2005

In this Issue:

  • Editor's Remarks
  • Tips for Vendors of Contaminated Lands
  • The Greenbelt Act, 2005 and the Greenbelt Plan
  • The New Easements Bulletins
  • Kvetching About E-Reg: The Committees
  • Uncertified Mortgage Advances
  • Dealing with Annoying Chronic Tenant Disputes
  • Perell At Last!
  • Title Insurance Buzz
  • CLE Corner
  • "Dear Jeff": Letters to the Editor
  • Cases That Sould Scare You

Volume 31, No. 1 - February/Février 2005

In this Issue:

  • Editor's Remarks
  • Chair's Remarks
  • Deborah Rogers and David Goldman
  • Current Issues in Condominium Transactions: Reserve Funds and Status Certificates for Common Element Condominium Corporations
  • Cases That Should Scare You: The Ramsay Case
  • CLE Corner

Volume 30, No. 3 - March/Mars 2004

In this Issue:

  • Impending Change of Editor
  • Editor's Preview
  • Comments from the Chair - Lender Outsourcing
  • Cummer-Yonge: The Eulogy
  • The Role of Title Insurance in Residential and Commercial Transactions
  • Hepplethwaite Fades to Black...
  • And What About...?
  • Real Property Programs Now Available on CD-ROM

Volume 30, No. 2 - January/Janvier 2004

In this Issue:

  • Paul Perell Presented with 2004 OBA/Teranet Award for Excellence in Real Estate
  • Editor's Preview
  • Life Lease Housing
  • The Limitations Act, 2002 and the Real Property Limitations Act: How Will They Work Together?
  • Beyond the Narrow World of Real Property Lawyers...
  • Bulletins Related to Automation and Conversion
  • And What About...?
  • OBA Launches Secure Online Membership Directory

Volume 30, No. 1 - September/Septembre 2003

In this Issue:

  • Message from the President
  • Message from the Chair
  • Editor's Preview
  • Lender Outsourcing
  • www.propertyshop.ca, a Golden Opportunity, a Bright Light in a Sea of Doom and Gloom
  • Notice to the Profession
  • For Immediate Release
  • TD Canada Trust Discontinues Pilot Project
  • Ontario's 50% Interest in Teranet Inc. Sold to its Partner
  • Bulletin No. 2003-2
  • Practical Pointers to Improve Your Practice
  • Bencher Hepplethwaite
  • And What About...?

Volume 29, No. 4 - April/avril 2003

In this Issue:

  • Environmental Due Diligence and the Purchase of Real Estate
  • Bencher Overload...
  • Garth Manning, Q.C.
  • Electronic Registration Update
  • Specific Performance After Semelhago v. Paramadevan
  • Bencher Report
  • LawPRO Annual Report for 2002
  • Attornment of Rents: A Formidable Remedy
  • Electrical Safety - That Old Knob & Tube is a Hot New Topic
  • What Are the Consequences of Not Explaining the Consequences?
  • And What About...?

Volume 29, No. 3 - February/Février 2003

In this Issue:

  • A Few Mistakes Any Good Real Estate Lawyer Could Make
  • Editor's Preview
  • Access to Legal Information: A Bencher's Report
  • Benchers' Election
  • Land Registration System Update
  • Problems in Practice
  • Re-sale of New Homes and Condominiums
  • Money Laundering Legislation
  • New Land Transfer Tax Affidavits
  • Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002
  • The Inexorable Spread of E-reg
  • And What About...?
  • Upcoming CLE Programs

Volume 29, No. 2 - November 2002

In this Issue:

  • Land Registration System Update
  • "Twas brillig and the slivery toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe..."
  • Electronic Registration
  • LawPRO's Winning Ways
  • REBBA Update
  • Let's Co-operate
  • Registration Hours - An Update
  • Upcoming CLE Program
  • Happy Fifth Birthday, Titleplus!
  • And What About...?

Volume 29, No. 1 - September 2002

In this Issue:

  • Donald Hector Lines Lamont, Q.C., L.S.M.
  • Red Greens's in Possum Lodge, Wingfield's on the Farm
  • New President's Message to the Real Property Section
  • Report from the Incoming Chair
  • Report from the Outgoing Chair
  • The Death of Caveat Emptor and the Timidity of the Judiciary
  • What's Covered and Not Covered by the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act
  • Does a Letter of Credit Given to the Landlord as Security for Tenant's Obligations Survive the Tenant's Bankruptcy?
  • E-Reg Frustrations North of Superior
  • And What About...?

Volume 28, No. 3 - May 2002

In this Issue:

  • Professional Development in a Large Law Firm
  • "Many Are Chosen (or Promise)...but Not Enough Actually Deliver"
  • Standards of Practice Relating to Fraud
  • Practice Note
  • Case Note
  • Minimum Expectations for Professional Development
  • Update on Money Laundering
  • Property Tax Adjustments When No Assessment
  • And What About...?
  • Upcoming Programs

Volume 28, No. 2 - January 2002

In this Issue:

  • Frontenac County Court House
  • "...I Told Him - Don't Go, Julie, Don't Go..."
  • Craig Carter
  • Bill 156
  • Pledging the Debenture: A Buggy Whip for Your Porsche
  • OBA Case Alert
  • The 2002 Special Lectures in Real Property Law
  • Update on Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act
  • Electronic Registration
  • The Abolition of Errors and Omissions
  • And What About...?
  • Upcoming Programs

Volume 28, No. 1 - September 2001

In this Issue:

  • Flash Bulletin
  • "...With all Thy Puns Command...."
  • Special Message to the Real Property Section from the New OBA President
  • Brian Bucknall Awarded Law Society Medal
  • Goodyear v. Burnamthorpe - The Persistence of Priority
  • "Hot Topics" for Real Estate Lawyers
  • Warning! There are at least TWO new scams out there!
  • National Real Estate Project
  • Bill 56 - A Starting Point for the Re-development of Brownfields
  • And what about?

Volume 27, No. 5 - May 2001

In this Issue:

  • The restricted world of Ontario Real Property lawyers
  • Warning! There's a New Scam Out There!
  • Message from the Chair
  • Bencher Report
  • Bill 163 — An Act to Amend the Limitations Act
  • Electronic Searching Committee
  • Confession of a CLE Junkie
  • Real Property Section Executive 2000-2001