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An amendment to Ontario’s Condominium Act outlining the legal test for requiring an owner to sell their unit, won’t make the process of removing an owner any easier for condo corporations, says Toronto condominiu...

A Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) criminal decision offers important guidance to condos that monitor their property with video surveillance, Toronto condominium lawyer Joel Berkovitz tells AdvocateDaily.com. All nine judges on...

Several recent cases help spell out the duty of good faith contractual performance that exists in contract law, Toronto business lawyer Joel Berkovitz tells The Lawyer’s Daily. In this case, for example, the Supreme Co...

Now that Oct. 17 has come and gone, there may be a whiff of something else in the autumn air, Toronto business lawyer Joel Berkovitz writes in Shibley Righton’s Condo Law Newsletter. The smell of now-legalized marijuan...

Changes to the Condominium Act will affect the ability of condo owners to access records from corporations, Toronto real estate lawyer Joel Berkovitz writes in Condominium Manager magazine. In fact, that may be the area...

The “long and twisting saga” that pits South American villagers against a global oil giant took another turn recently in a Canadian courtroom, Toronto business lawyer Joel Berkovitz tells The Lawyer’s Daily...

Condominium corporations should adopt rules that prohibit growing marijuana in their complexes ahead of legalization later this year, says Toronto condominium lawyer Joel Berkovitz. While the pending federal law will allow p...

Toronto condominium boards should update their unit owners about the status of short-term rentals in their buildings after the city voted to regulate the practice, Toronto condominium lawyer Joel Berkovitz tells AdvocateDail...

The expropriation of a condominium's common property has raised the question of who gets the money — those who owned a unit when the land was officially taken or those who live there at the time of payment for the expr...