Real Estate
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April 05, 2024
Benefits of a separate situs will or power of attorney
Many of our readers, especially business owners, may be familiar with the concept of having multiple wills in the same jurisdiction, where each will governs different classes of assets — usually used to avoid paying estate administration tax (a.k.a. probate fees) on assets that do not require probate.
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April 03, 2024
New partners, associates at Aird & Berlis
Aird & Berlis continues to attract new talent.
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April 03, 2024
B.C. proposes amendments to protect renters from bad-faith evictions, unfair rent hikes
British Columbia is set to amend the Residential Tenancy Act to protect renters from bad-faith evictions and rent hikes above the annual allowable rent increase when children are added to the household, according to a government release.
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April 03, 2024
Joint ventures: Potentially dangerous alliances
“Today, businesses grow through alliances — all kinds of dangerous alliances. Joint ventures and customer partnerings, which, by the way, very few people understand.” — Peter Drucker
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April 03, 2024
Aird & Berlis launches Indigenous practice group
A team of lawyers led by Jason Madden and Alexandria Winterburn, including Alissa Saieva-Finnie, Ethan Guthro and Erika Voaklander, comprise Aird & Berlis’s newly created Indigenous practice group.
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April 02, 2024
New federal housing infrastructure fund comes with strings attached for municipalities, provinces
A new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) will only be available to provinces and municipalities if specific federal housing demands are met in those communities.
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April 02, 2024
Court orders redetermination of decision cancelling three mineral claims
The British Columbia Supreme Court has sent a decision cancelling three minerals claims held by the appellant back for redetermination, finding the Chief Gold Commissioner erred in maintaining procedural fairness.
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March 28, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada rules Charter applies to First Nation government and its citizens
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-1 that the Charter applies to a First Nation government and its citizens in Yukon, as well as ruling 4-3 that the Charter’s s. 25 shields from a community member’s s. 15 equality rights challenge the self-governing Vuntut Gwitchin’s constitutional requirement that its elected leadership must live on the First Nation's traditional territory.
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March 27, 2024
Feds unveil budget measures aimed at protecting renters
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced housing initiatives that will be included in the upcoming federal budget, including a $15 million Tenant Protection Fund and a new Canadian Renters’ Bill of Rights.
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March 27, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal: Constructive fraud not grounds to set aside arbitral award
An arbitral award cannot be set aside on the basis of constructive fraud, the Ontario Court of Appeal has held, finding that an application judge erred by interpreting the term “fraud” under the Arbitration Act to include constructive fraud.