Legally Speaking Property Manager’s Liability for an Assault Upon a Tenant #79

A case involving an assault upon a tenant will be of interest not only to property managers and owners of rental properties, but perhaps also to Strata Corporations…

Legally Speaking Royal Bank Appraisals; Personal Liability on Company Cheques #61

From time to time suggestions are made for topics for Legally Speaking columns and, if they are of general interest and haven’t been covered before, we will try to use them…

Legally Speaking Expired Listing Purchased by Person Previously Shown Property by Licensee #54

There is probably no more frustrating experience for a licensee than to discover that after the listing had expired, a person who had been shown the property by the licensee, had purchased it…

Legally Speaking CPI Rental Increase Formula; Woodstoves; Vendor’s Continuing Liability to Mortgagees Following Sale #44

Column 41 discussed a matter raised by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board concerning the potential uninsurability of a home whose owner failed to disclose to his insurer that a woodstove was a source of heat…

Legally Speaking Unregistered Charges, Wood Stoves and Other Matters #41

From time to time individual licensees or boards write to BCREA to advise them of problems arising in their area which may be of interest to other licensees throughout the Province…