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ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2009 

Careless Completion of Disclosure Statement Sufficient to Find Liability   By Brian Madigan LL.B.The Usenik and Sidorowicz lawsuit is another case in the line of improperly completed Seller Property Information Statements by vendors.Briefly, the purchaser Rhonda Usenik wanted a good house that wa...
11/03/2009
Clever Avoidance of Disclosure Creates Liability   By Brian Madigan LL.B.The Kaufmann and Gibson case involves the improper completion of the Seller Property Information Statement by the vendors.The Kaufmanns resided in London, Ontario and acquired their residence in 1981. The original house had ...
11/02/2009
Seller Cover-Up Not Enough to Avoid Liability   By Brian Madigan LL.B.The Cole and Vankoughnett case involves representations and remedies available for improper completion of the Seller Property Information Statement (SPIS).The purchasers brought an action in Small Claims Court for misrepresenta...
11/02/2009
Sellers' Careless Disclosure Leads to Liability   By Brian Madigan LL.B.This is another case involving the improper completion of a Property Condition Disclosure Statement and the remedies that are available afterwards.This case was determined in the Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia in February ...
11/01/2009
Should You Be a Broker? (Part 2) By Brian Madigan LL.B.  Since I recently published Part 1, (which wasn't Part 1 at the time) I have to publish an Update. The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) has just announced that it is changing the continuing education policy rules: "Furthermore, any cour...
11/01/2009
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