In BC, real estate contracts are only available in English. However, clients may prefer to communicate in a language other than English and may choose to work with a REALTOR® who can communicate…
Posts tagged with “Breach of Contract”
Legally Speaking Lost in Translation: Avoiding Misunderstandings When Dealing with Clients in Languages Other Than English #528 
Legally Speaking Suing for Unpaid Deposits #527 
What happens when a buyer breaches a contract before the deposit is due and payable? Is the seller still entitled to the deposit if the transaction collapses due to the buyer’s breach?
Legally Speaking Subject Removal #497 
When is a party justified in refusing to remove a subject clause…
Legally Speaking Vacant Possession #495
Vacant possession means no one else is exercising possession rights in the property…
Legally Speaking When Disaster Strikes #490
What happens when a property is damaged by fire before completion? A buyer’s options will depend upon a myriad of factors including the law, facts, contract terms and the parties’ conduct.
Legally Speaking Relief from Forfeiture #166
Another deposit returned to a purchaser who was in default, but this time it was because the vendor benefitted from the purchaser’s breach of contract…
Legally Speaking Actions Against Licensees – Negligence and Interfering With Contractual Relations #152
Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning “brazen nerve”…
Legally Speaking Garden Removal – Damages; Oral Revocation of a Counteroffer #137
A Victoria couple’s love of their garden led them to take it with them when they moved…
Legally Speaking Damages for Breach of Contract – Avoided or Reduced #64
Usually a judge will not assist a person who is in breach of contract, to avoid the consequences of that person’s default…
Legally Speaking Offer or Option – Chapter 2 #63
Column No. 57 discussed at length the problem of deciding whether a condition in an offer to purchase is not what is commonly referred to as a true condition precedent, but rather creates an option which must either…
Legally Speaking Commission Dispute Between Agent and Salesperson #34
A salesperson’s right to payment of a commission or of a bonus earned during his employment, but not paid before the salesperson left the agent with whom he was employed, has been examined in several cases….