The Six-Minute Real Estate Lawyer 2009
Program originally held on November 18, 2009
Chair(s):
Craig R. Carter, C.S.
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Jeffrey W. Lem, C.S.
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Program Content
You will learn about:
- What Real Estate Lawyers Need to Know About Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure
- An Unappealing Topic - Curtailment of Your Client's Right to Appeal Matters to the Ontario Municipal Board
- Loss of a Chance
- Real Estate Claims - Trends & Insights
- New Home Warranties - A Six-Minute
- Land Registration Update
- Challenges in Dealing with Contaminated Lands
- Five Things You Need to Know about the New Building Code
- Marijuana Grow Op Houses - Wading through the Weed
- Right of Survivorship and other Joint Tenancy Issues
- Horrible Things that Happen to the Property before Closing
- Recent Developments in Fraud
- Ontario's new Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 - What Real Estate Lawyers Need to know about Green Energy
- Attorning Rents - Getting it Right
- 1 Tax, 2 Names, 3 Rebates - The HST (the New Harmonized Sales Tax) and New Homes/Condominiums
- Requisitions - Affecting the Deal for Good or Bad
- Commercial and Construction Financing - Is the Liquidity Crisis Over?
- Super Priority Claims Affecting Real Property
- Transfers Between Affiliated Corporations - Land Transfer Tax Deferrals and Bear Traps
- Mortgagee's Charges - Are Administrative and Service Fees Valid? Is Commission Payable if the Borrower Redeems the Power of Sale?
- The Retainer Acknowledgement - Do NOT Close a Deal Without One
- Issues to Consider When Buying a New or Used Commercial Condominium Unit
- Krawchuk v. Scherbac - Peevyhouse Revisited
- Bickering Over Notice - I Did, You Didn't, I Did Etc.
- Powers of Sale - Difficult Issues Relating to Multiple Loan Facilities
- 'Armageddon Averted, It's Just a Recession - Where is Real Estate Headed in 2010?
Speakers
The Honourable Mr. Justice Paul M. Perell, LSM, Superior Court of Justice
Brian Bucknall, LSM, Barrister and Solicitor
Craig R. Carter, C.S., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Rosalind H. Cooper, C.S., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Rod Davidge, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Joseph Fried, Meyer, Wassenaar & Banach LLP
Ernest Gutstein, Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber
Arnie Herschorn, Minden Gross LLP
Harry Herskowitz, Delzotto, Zorzi LLP
Chris Huband, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Amanda Jackson, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Jeffrey W. Lem, C.S., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Leo F. Longo, C.S., Aird & Berlis LLP
Paul H. Manning, C.S., Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Leor Margulies, Robins Appleby & Taub LLP
John Mascarin, C.S., Aird & Berlis LLP
Russell Mathew, Hemson Consulting Ltd.
Bradley N. McLellan, WeirFoulds LLP
Warren Morris, B.Com., LL.B., LL.M., Graham Tobe & Associates
Kate Murray, Director of Titles Min. of Government Services
Steven I. Pearlstein, C.S., Minden Gross LLP
Maurizio Romanin, Barrister and Solicitor
Reuben M. Rosenblatt, Q.C., LSM, Minden Gross LLP
Timothy Schumacher, Tarion Warranty Corporation
Alan G. Silverstein, C.S., Telus
Sidney H. Troister, C.Arb., C.S., LSM, Torkin Manes LLP
Kathleen A. Waters, Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO)
Lisa M. Weinstein, Director, National Underwriting Policy, TitlePlus, Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO)




