Common expenses are the life blood of condo corporations and section 85 of the Condo Act allows condos to register a lien to collect unit owners’ share. This section is vital to the functioning of condominiums in Ontario, but it
Ontario Condo Law Blog
Serving Ontario's condominium communities since 2008
The Ontario Condo Law Blog, published by Gardiner Miller Arnold LLP, focuses on legal issues related to condominium living in Ontario. It covers topics such as owner alterations to common elements, interpretation and application of the Condominium Act, dispute resolution between condo boards and owners, accommodation requests under human rights law, financial and audit matters in condominium governance, and enforcement of condo rules including chargebacks and liens. The blog also discusses recent case law affecting condominium corporations and practical guidance for condo boards, property managers, and unit owners navigating legal challenges in the condominium context.
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CAT – a study of growth in a consent order (and costs against an owner)
By Andrea Lusk
In November 2017, the Condominium Authority Tribunal (“CAT”) was born as Ontario’s first fully online tribunal. “How would we manage this weird new thing?” we thought.
What started as a records dispute venue has now evolved into a place for…
Condo records: To fee or not to fee? That is the question.
By Tony Bui
The current records request procedure under section 55 of the Condo Act has been around for almost four years now. Still, there remains confusion as to how records requests should be processed. One question we often get is whether the…
Airbnb class action settlement
By Bob Gardiner
Please see CCI Toronto’s Legislative Newsflash re Airbnb Class Action Settlement.
If your condo has suffered misuse of your common elements because of Airbnb operations conducted at your property contrary to the rules and without consent of the board…
CondoAlert! Summer 2022
By Andrea Lusk
The latest issue of our newsletter reports on changes to the OHSA dealing with washroom access for workers and a CAT decision about a wooden barrier.
Enjoy the summer!
Andrea
Don’t drag your feet: Maintenance, repair and oppression
By An Nguyen
In a recent decision, the court examined what happens when a condo corporation fails to address a unit owners’ complaints of noise and vibration coming from the common elements.
The owner purchased her unit in 2010. It is the…
Adjourning for medical reasons- Is the CAT’s process manageable?
Two recent decisions from the CAT deal with parties asking to adjourn their matters for medical reasons.
In Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 132 v. Evans, 2022 ONCAT 38, the condo brought an application to the CAT regarding a parking…
CAT’s considering costs – cautionary tales
By An Nguyen
Two recent CAT decisions highlight scenarios affecting recovery of costs in rule enforcement scenarios:
In TSCC 1767 v. Ahmed et al., the condo repeatedly assured the unit owner it would not seek costs against the owner for his tenants…
Hell hath no fury like condo scorn: avoiding meeting and election woes
By Tony Bui
CAT costs changes, troublesome tenants and more…
By Andrea Lusk
The latest issue of our newsletter, Condo Alert! Spring 2022, highlights changes to the CAT’s costs regime, discusses the Superior Court’s treatment of tenants and comments on some other interesting cases.
We hope you are dusting yourselves off after…