by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The British Columbia Supreme Court recently ordered a condominium unit owner to cease smoking in his unit in contravention of the strata corporation’s bylaws. The unit owner was a 70-year old “life-long smoker”, who purchased his unit in 2002. In 2009 the strata...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Enforcing compliance with the condominium documents against a defaulting condominium owner can be a very costly undertaking for a condominium corporation. Even though section 17(3) of the Condominium Act, 1998 imposes an obligation on the condominium corporation to...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a recent Ontario case, TSCC No. 2032 v. Boudair, tenants of a condominium unit were held responsible for their violation of the condominium corporation’s rules regarding smoking. The lease contained an express provision that smoking in the unit was not permitted,...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a prior blog post, we reviewed the case of Couture v. TSCC No. 2187, where the Court found that the condominium corporation had conducted itself in a harsh, burdensome and oppressive manner in a dispute with a unit owner concerning the parking space that she leased...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a case that we recently blogged about, Seto v. PCC No. 492, several commercial condominium unit owners were unsuccessful in their application for an order that the condominium corporation had engaged in oppressive conduct. The alleged oppressive conduct related to...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a recently reported case, MTCC No. 985 v. Cheney, a long-running dispute between the owners of a unit and the condominium corporation about cigar smoke infiltrating into the owners’ unit turned out to be an expensive venture for both parties. After complaints by...
