Case law and legal issues in all of its glory

I need to read case law and changes in legislation in order to stay current in my profession. I take the interesting, quirky and downright strange and try to make it reader friendly. Usually a Saskatchewan focus, but interesting cases from other provinces will be tossed in the mix.

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Condo Bylaws and Airbnb rentals

A big decision for condominium boards coming out of Alberta in Condominium Corporation No 042 5177 v Kuzio, 2020 ABQB 152. This is a decision to make permanent an interim injunction that was granted in 2019.  In short, the unit owners were…
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Why is Unit Owner Condominium Insurance so Important?

If you have never lived in a condominium (and sometimes even if you have), you may not be aware that, with some small exceptions, a condominium corporation gets insurance for the building and unit improvements up to the standard unit description.…
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“Not a Non Resident” – And Other Phrases that Can Cost You $92,000

The Tax Court of Canada affirmed a tax assessment this summer of $92,000 on what appears to be an innocent purchaser of residential real estate property. The case of Kau v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 156 demonstrates one of the other tax liability…
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Deal with it sooner than later: Cannabis and Condos

The legalization of cannabis has been the subject of intense debate, but the date of legalization has been set: October 17, 2018. This date creates some real urgency to have boards consider their bylaws, as I will discuss below. The Cannabis…
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Beware of Exploding Bathrooms and Other Lessons from Rentals

A family rents one of your rental properties. Decent interview, parents gainfully employed, and basically a model tenant. Then your house blows up. Such was the case in the decision of Carteri v Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance Company,…
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Owner Control or Board Control? Condominium Corporate Decision Making

I have seen a number of board of directors from condominiums in this city and beyond that unnecessarily restrict their decision making power. The board will go back to their owners for any number of issues seeking authority to make decisions…