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The Canadian real estate investment landscape has seen significant changes over the past several years, largely in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Office workers across the board have been reluctant to return to the office and in turn many prime commercial properties continue to report high vacancy levels.  Heightened interest rates have rendered buy and […]

Ardita is a commercial litigator with a practice that focuses on complex contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, and securities litigation. She also has experience with insurance defence, employment, and administrative law matters. She has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court, and the Commercial List. Before joining […]

Roberto Noce, KC shares insights on the legalities of excluding a condo board member from a meeting. Read and listen to the media clips: Noce: Can condo board exclude a member from meeting?, by Roberto Noce (Edmonton) – The Calgary Sun, July 19, 2024 Noce: Can condo board exclude a member from meeting?, by Roberto […]

Money service businesses (“MSBs”) will now have greater oversight by the British Columbia Financial Services Authority (“BCFSA”). On March 29, 2023, British Columbia put forward Bill 19 – 2023 Money Services Businesses Act (“Bill 19”) which aims to regulate MSBs at the provincial level. Bill 19 originated from recommendations of the Cullen Commission which found […]

Roberto Noce, KC discusses what to do about illegal sales of storage lockers. Read the media clips: Roberto Noce: What To Do About Illegal Sale Of Storage Lockers, by Roberto Noce, Calgary Sun, January 19, 2024 Roberto Noce: What To Do About Illegal Sale Of Storage Lockers, by Roberto Noce, Calgary Herald, January 19, 2024 […]

On January 1, 2020, amendments to section 108 of the Courts of Justice Act[1] came into force to eliminate trials by jury under Simplified Procedure.[2]  Further amendments to Rule 76 of Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure, which governs actions brought under Simplified Procedure, have provided litigants and the administration of justice with more efficient means […]

Market volatility arising from the COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything experienced in recent history. Two of the largest single day drops in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurred in March 2020. Later that same month, the S&P 500 Index experienced an 18% surge over a period of three days; and since March, […]

Changes to the Construction Act (formerly the Construction Lien Act) (the “Act”) include new provisions, which: Which provisions apply? Landlords and tenants must consider whether the “old” or “new” provisions of the Act apply. The above provisions will not apply to improvements in respect of leasehold interests if (as set out in subsection 87.3(c) of […]

In the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institution’s (OSFI) first Annual Risk outlook for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, the OSFI identifies the most material risks which face federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs). Among the financial risks that the OSFI identifies as most pressing is a significant cybersecurity incident or cyberattack. This focus has been intensified […]

Carbon offsetting finds its origins in the late 1980s in an agroforestry project in Guatemala. In the world’s first documented carbon offset project, Applied Energy Services (AES) was looking to mitigate the emissions of a 183 megawatt coal-fired power plant that it was building in Connecticut. In 1989, AES entered into an agreement with CARE, […]