Resources

In a year that will go down as one of the most unpredictable years many of us have experienced, Financial Planning Month – October – is a good time to review your plan and take some practical steps to ensure you are well prepared for 2021.

On July 30th, the Ontario Government filed O.Reg. 431/20: Administering Oath or Declaration Remotely, made under recent amendments to the Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act.

Bill 192 amends the Commercial Tenancies Act to prohibit certain actions by landlords if the landlord is or would be eligible to receive assistance from the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) for small businesses program and has not applied to receive the assistance. 

Whether you need advice on how to negotiate rent relief with your landlord, or have questions on how to access the government support programs available to small businesses for rent assistance, this program will give you the information you need.  

The current situation has raised many urgent issues in a commercial leasing context. Our expert faculty will focus on how to look at continuous use clauses in light of “essential business” legislation, as well as discuss rent related issues such as abatements and deferrals, from both a landlord and a tenant perspective.

Explore when and how to tender in an electronic environment at this one hour lunch and learn webinar. Our speakers will help you avoid common pitfalls by walking through errors to avoid when the transaction goes bad.

Client service can be ripe with the unexpected, and you need to know how to effectively manage retainers to provide good client service.

As a real estate practitioner, you need to be aware of the unique legal and practical considerations at play when you are asked to deal with an assignment of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for a new home.

Options and rights of first refusals (ROFRs) provide differing opportunities to purchase real property at a later date, including rent-to-own and other contingent purchase rights.

A detailed review of what real estate practitioners need to know and do in the wake of new requirements imposed by the Ministry of Finance.