Legally Speaking Aboriginal Land Development and Sale (Continued) #329

Column 328 referred to the landlord/tenant relationship resulting from the development of reserve lands…

Legally Speaking Leases #93

Unless you are a property manager and actively involved in residential leases, the oddities of the Residential Tenancies Act, once known to you, may now be forgotten…

Legally Speaking “And/or Nominee” and “And/or Assignee” #65

A request has been received for an update of the current law relating to the use of the above phrases in the preparation and enforcement of interim agreements…

Legally Speaking Mobile Home – Freedom of Choice to List With Any Agent #60

An arbitrator acting under the provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act has provided reasons for a decision involving the owner of a mobile home in a park, who had listed her home for sale with a real estate company…

Legally Speaking Residential Tenancy Act – Water Line Easement #35

A local Judge of the Supreme Court has decided in a Chambers application, that a landlord who gives notice to a tenant to vacate the landlord’s premises because the landlord intends to occupy them, is entitled to do…

Legally Speaking Lease for More Than Three Years – Illegal? #32

The Land Title Act requires a tenant with a long-term lease who wishes to register it, to follow the same procedure as does an owner who wants to divide his land into a number of parcels. Specifically, Section 73…

Legally Speaking Understanding Stock Clauses #5

In reviewing lengthy legal documents, we may often concentrate on the meat of the agreement (the payments, the rents, the interest rate, etc.) and cast only a fleeting glance at the clauses which are variously…

Legally Speaking Amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act and Notice of Termination #4

The amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act (R.T.A.), which allows a vendor, on behalf of a purchaser, to give a Notice of Termination to a tenant before title has been transferred to the purchaser, has cured a…