Month: January 2015

First Year Budget Deficiency — Court Decision

First year budget deficiency issues rarely make it to the courtroom.  Under the Condominium Act, 1998, such issues are to be determined by mediation and, if necessary, arbitration. Only if an arbitration decision was appealed would we see a reported court decision.  We now have such a recent court decision, released on January 16, 2015:  90 St. George…

Landmark Court Decision: The Orr/Rainville Case

The Ontario Court of Appeal released a landmark decision in Ontario condominium law in December 2014: Orr v. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 1056. The facts of that case were essentially as follows.  A unit owner in a condominium townhouse complex, without the knowledge of the Board or management, installed an unauthorized addition to the…