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Bram Potechin

Q&A with Bram Potechin, OBA Award of Excellence in Real Estate Recipient

  • June 10, 2020

Bram Potechin, Partner, Merovitz Potechin LLP, is being honoured this year with the OBA Award of Excellence in Real Estate for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the field. Find out what motivates him and how he is making a difference in his area of practice in this candid Q&A.

Real Property Law, Student Forum

Basic Approach for Remote Signing

  • March 23, 2020
  • Prepared by Maurizio Romanin, Merredith MacLennan and Ian Speers

In light of the recent LSO directions regarding remote commissioning, we have put together an outline of an approach that real estate lawyers can consider when obtaining a remote signature from a client. This is not legal advice and has not been approved by the Law Society of Ontario but is rather offered as a resource.

Real Property Law, Student Forum
Gillian Fournie, partner, de VRIES LITIGATION LLP

Tenancy and Equitable Ownership – Not Mutually Exclusive

  • October 08, 2019
  • Gillian Fournie, partner, de VRIES LITIGATION LLP

When can a tenant also be an owner? This article looks at the recent case of Warraich v Choudhry et al, where the Superior Court answers that question, and examines a complicated landlord-tenant and co-owner relationship that engaged issues of oral agreements over land, contract interpretation, constructive trust claims, and accounting issues.

Real Property Law, Student Forum, Trusts and Estates Law

What Can You Do When There is a Delay in a Mortgage Discharge?

  • April 22, 2019
  • Raymond G. Leclair, Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO®) / Assurance LAWPROMD

The Canadian Bankers Association has a list of bank officials to contact regarding the discharge of mortgages, which will be routinely updated and was last updated on January 28, 2019.

Real Property Law, Student Forum

The Joys of Being Grandfathered: An overview of legal non-conforming rights

  • March 30, 2019
  • Philip Osterhout, lawyer at Soloway Wright LLP

Suppose you own a house and want to open a restaurant on the ground floor. The applicable zoning by-law happens to permit that use on your property so you pull a building permit for the renovations, get a liquor license and start cookin’ with [TSSA-approved] gas. A week later, the City, in its wisdom, amends the zoning by-law to prohibit restaurant uses at your property. What do you do now?

Real Property Law, Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division

Provide your Input on the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002

  • February 20, 2019
  • Don Perry, Perry Law

The Ontario government is seeking input on proposed changes to the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002, and an anonymous survey is available for anyone to provide their input anonymously by March 15, 2019.

Real Property Law, Student Forum