Real Estate
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March 04, 2024
Blaneys names four to partner
Blaney McMurtry LLP has announced that associates Matthew G. Tapia, Neena (Parminder) Sandhu, Anna Iourina and Vagmi Patel have been appointed partners of the firm.
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March 01, 2024
Reports on harassment, specialization, helpline released for Ontario Convocation
Almost all of the Law Society of Ontario’s most recent Convocation was held behind closed doors, but several reports were published detailing numbers around harassment complaints against lawyers, members becoming certified specialists and those making use of the regulator’s practice helpline.
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March 01, 2024
Define ‘tough judge’ | Norman Douglas
There are many countries in the world with tough judges. Perhaps these countries have a lower crime rate — we don’t know, because what goes on in their criminal courts is kept secret.
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February 28, 2024
Pre-merger notification threshold to stay the same at $93 million for 2024, says Competition Bureau
The $93-million transaction-value threshold for requiring businesses to give Ottawa advance notice of a proposed merger will stay the same in 2024, the federal Competition Bureau says.
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February 28, 2024
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES - Tenancy agreement - Landlord’s rules and regulations
Appeal by McNeil (appellant) from reviewing judge’s decision affirming the Residential Tenancy Branch’s (RTB) decision concluding that the RTB did not have jurisdiction over the dispute.
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February 27, 2024
Online harms bill would create new hate crimes, duties for social media, stiff fines, imprisonment
The federal government’s proposed Online Harms Act was welcomed by several advocacy groups who rated it a substantial improvement over Ottawa’s proposed blueprint three years ago; however red flags were raised, including questions around new hate crime provisions and penalties; whether the definitions of the targeted online harms are appropriately tailored; and whether a proposed new online regulator’s broad discretionary powers have adequate safeguards.
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February 27, 2024
Are lease transfers in Quebec dead, and if they are, so what? | Shayna Wise-Till
Quebec’s new housing bill became law in late February 2024 — but what does that mean for tenants? Are lease transfers dead, and if they are, so what?
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February 26, 2024
Ford slammed by bar for politicizing judge appointments; JPs threaten suit over pay review delays
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is garnering sharp criticism from the legal community for further politicizing an appointment process that four years ago was lauded as the “the gold standard for the appointment of an independent and qualified judiciary,” free from partisan considerations.
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February 26, 2024
New Canadian real estate leader appointed at Gowling
Gowling WLG has announced that Julie Lanteigne is the new leader of the real estate practice group in Canada. She succeeds previous leader Joel Camley.
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February 23, 2024
Ottawa files its appeal of Federal Court’s ruling that gov’t illegally invoked emergency powers
Citing multiple grounds of appeal, Ottawa has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn last month’s Federal Court judgment that the federal Liberal government acted unreasonably and illegally two years ago when it declared a public order emergency and purported to arrogate to itself under the federal Emergencies Act extraordinary powers to end truckers' disruption of the capital and ports of entry in protest of government-mandated pandemic measures.