Special Assessments: Insure Your Risk

If the amounts in a reserve fund are inadequate to meet the expenditures, or if unforeseen circumstances bring forth an unexpected increase in the Corporation’s expenditures, or if the board of directors has simply mismanaged the Corporation’s financials, then the...

Getting Rid of a Difficult Condominium Unit Owner

In a recent case, Peel Condominium Corporation No. 98 v. Pereira, a condominium corporation made a court application pursuant to section 117 of the Condominium Act (the “Act”) seeking an order that a unit owner be required to sell and vacate his unit, due to the...

Pest Control in Condo Units

Many of us have had experience with unit owners who refuse to provide access to their unit for pest control.  We have dealt with unit owners who raise issues with respect to the type of pesticide that is being used. In certain circumstances, condominium corporations...