Clients to benefit most from improved online title searches
Although one might assume that a title search process would be easy for a solicitor in today’s day and age, many Ontario municipalities are far behind when it comes to…
Province eyes new protections for landlords, tenants
Toronto real estate lawyer Lisa Laredo welcomes the provincial government's proposal to give no-smoking clauses in rental agreements some teeth. Landlords are free to include a no-smoking clause in rental…
Featured in the June 24th Issue of The Lawyers Weekly: Building the dream to be your own boss
Please have a look at the article the June 24th, 2016 publication of The Lawyers Weekly, titled "Building the dream to be your own boss". "They also tend to be…
Province should revisit issue of will revocation on marriage
Ontario should join the growing group of Canadian common-law jurisdictions that have done away with a law that automatically revokes the wills of people who marry, says Toronto wills and…
The need for standardization, regulation of home inspectors
A person who purchases a used home in Ontario accepts it as is without any warranty as to its condition or fitness as a home. There are two exceptions to…
Legal for contractor to file lien for non-payment
A subcontractor’s move to file a lien on a construction site following a dispute over payment is a legal option in this type of situation, Toronto real estate lawyer Lisa…
Title to land – an expanding concept
Generally speaking, the role of a solicitor retained by a purchaser of a residential home is to ensure that the client receives a good and marketable title to the real…
Laredo: Court of Appeal’s decision in Spence is just
A Court of Appeal decision to reinstate a man's allegedly racist will restores certainty to the field of estate planning, Toronto wills and estates lawyer Lisa Laredo tells AdvocateDaily.com. Jamaican-born…
Mortgage lender research key to fraud prevention
When it comes to avoiding real estate fraud, it is important for third-party lenders to make the necessary inquiries to determine that there are no prior undisclosed mortgages, Toronto real…
Laredo welcomes Tarion Warranty Corp. review
Toronto real estate lawyer Lisa Laredo tells Law Times says the Ontario government’s announcement that it will conduct a review of Tarion Warranty Corp. and the Ontario New Home Warranties…
