Rights Of Way
In Ontario, there are four categories of easements, commonly called rights of way, which may arise in land disputes: (1) express rights of way; (2) prescriptive rights of way; (3) implied rights of way; and (4) equitable rights of way. You may find yourself seeking...
Real Estate Transactions
Buying waterfront property can have its uncertainties. You may see a property prior to signing an agreement of purchase and sale with the vendor. You like what you see and expect that is what you will be conveyed on closing. However, before closing, there is a problem...
Real Estate Transactions
You have read in my previous columns about the duty of a vendor to disclose a latent or hidden defect in a home which a potential purchaser may not see but which the vendor knows about. What about defects in neighbourhoods? If you live in Walkerton and the purchaser...
Real Estate Transactions
There are various rights you may acquire when you make a purchase of land in a rural area like Haliburton. You may purchase the surface rights to land, such as the gravel or sand that you want because the land is really purchased to develop a gravel pit or the timber...
Real Estate Transactions
The purpose of land registration is to provide a uniform system of registering instruments (documents), such as deeds which create or transfer interests in land. A search of title then discloses the ownership of the land and the restrictions and obligations that may...
