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Updates To Prompt Payment Legislation In Ontario, British Columbia And Alberta

Prompt payment and dispute resolution reforms are changing how construction project participants are to be paid, their disputes determined and when liens are to be filed and holdbacks released.

Canada Real Estate

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Bennett Jones LLP

British Columbia Court Of Appeal Awards Specific Performance In Culos Development (1996) Inc. v. Baytalan, 2025 BCCA 265

In a significant decision, the British Columbia Court of Appeal awarded the remedy of specific performance for a breach of an option to purchase (OTP) in Culos Development (1996) Inc. v. Baytalan, 2025 BCCA 265.

Canada Real Estate

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Bennett Jones LLP

La Cour d'appel de la C.-B. confirme les obligations du propriétaire après un avis de privilège d'un sous-traitant

Dans la décision Lonsdale Quay Market Corporation v. Klondike Contracting Corporation (la « décision Lonsdale »)...

Canada Real Estate

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ce que les promoteurs et les investisseurs négligent souvent dans les coentreprises immobilières au Canada 

Que vous soyez promoteur immobilier, propriétaire, gestionnaire d'actif, financier ou investisseur, la manière de structurer...

Canada Real Estate

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Miller Thomson LLP

Building The Future: Canada's 2026 Proptech Evolution

Canada Real Estate

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Bennett Jones LLP

Shifting The Balance: What Ontario's Construction Act Changes Mean For Contractors

Canada Real Estate

RA

Robins Appleby LLP

No Duty To Mitigate Before You Terminate…Yet: Commercial Landlords In Ontario

Canada Real Estate

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Landlord Considerations: To Term Or To Terminate

Canada Real Estate

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Removing Or Passing Over An Executor And Administrator From The Estate

Canada Real Estate

ML

McKercher LLP

Montréal à l'heure du virage nord‑américain de l'« abondance »

Canada Real Estate

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ontario's Construction Act Amendments Now In Force: Key Changes To The Annual Holdback Regime And Related Updates

Canada Real Estate

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Dentons Canada LLP

Purchasing A Cottage On Leased Land In Manitoba: Understanding The Landscape And The Legal Framework

Canada Real Estate

FR

Fillmore Riley

Address Versus Addressee, Franchisor Versus Franchisee: Lessons Learned From The Ontario Court Of Appeal's Decision In Yulee Developments Inc. V. Mr. Zagros Management Inc.

Canada Real Estate

DL

Dale & Lessmann LLP

Voisins de mauvaise foi et vue obstruée : ce que les tribunaux canadiens peuvent – et ne peuvent pas – faire

Canada Real Estate

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 17 – 20, 2026)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of February 17, 2026.

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Ce que les promoteurs et les investisseurs négligent souvent dans les coentreprises immobilières au Canada 

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No Duty To Mitigate Before You Terminate…Yet: Commercial Landlords In Ontario

Ontario commercial landlords generally do not have a duty to mitigate losses if a tenant repudiates a lease and the landlord keeps the lease alive.

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Address Versus Addressee, Franchisor Versus Franchisee: Lessons Learned From The Ontario Court Of Appeal's Decision In Yulee Developments Inc. V. Mr. Zagros Management Inc.

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Rent, Repudiation, And Re-leasing: The February 18 SCC Hearing That Could Shift Canadian Leasing Leverage

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The 2026 Commercial Leasing Outlook: Navigating An Omnichannel And Industrial-First Market

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Updates To Prompt Payment Legislation In Ontario, British Columbia And Alberta

Prompt payment and dispute resolution reforms are changing how construction project participants are to be paid, their disputes determined and when liens are to be filed and holdbacks released.

Canada Real Estate

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Bennett Jones LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 17 – 20, 2026)

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British Columbia Court Of Appeal Awards Specific Performance In Culos Development (1996) Inc. v. Baytalan, 2025 BCCA 265

In a significant decision, the British Columbia Court of Appeal awarded the remedy of specific performance for a breach of an option to purchase (OTP) in Culos Development (1996) Inc. v. Baytalan, 2025 BCCA 265.

Canada Real Estate

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Ce que les promoteurs et les investisseurs négligent souvent dans les coentreprises immobilières au Canada 

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Miller Thomson LLP

Building The Future: Canada's 2026 Proptech Evolution

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Bennett Jones LLP

Shifting The Balance: What Ontario's Construction Act Changes Mean For Contractors

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No Duty To Mitigate Before You Terminate…Yet: Commercial Landlords In Ontario

Canada Real Estate

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Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Landlord Considerations: To Term Or To Terminate

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Life Just Got Easier For Attorneys For Property. Well, Sort Of.

An Attorney for Property has the "power to do on the incapable person's behalf anything in respect of property that the person could do if capable, except make a will," says subsection 31(1) of the Substitute Decisions Act (Ontario) ("SDA").

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Sneaky Trusts: The Legal Plot Twist With Gratuitous Property Transfers

It is increasingly common for families to make financial decisions aimed at minimizing probate fees and income tax. However, these arrangements can have unexpected legal consequences.

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Finality Over Fairness: Tessaro v. Gora, 2025 ONSC 198, A Cautionary Tale In Will Drafting And Limitation Periods

The Ontario Superior Court's decision in Tessaro v. Gora, 2025 ONSC 198, quietly answered a long-standing question among estate planners: what happens when a decades-old drafting error is unexpectedly discovered?

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Lerners LLP

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Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

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When One Owner Dies: Understanding The Right Of Survivorship For Individuals And Corporations

However, this structure introduces an additional layer of complexity, when determining how the right of survivorship applies when a joint tenant is a corporation.

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Start The Clock: How Long Do Estate Trustees Have To Administer Real Property?

In today's world of high real estate prices, the property held by an estate is often its most valuable asset.

Canada Real Estate

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Homeowner Staves Off Enforcement Of Judgment Against Co-owner's Registered Interest (Brunton V. Lanzarotta)

Ontario's Land Titles Act is intended to be a true and accurate reflection of the state of title to a property.

Canada Real Estate

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

If They Repudiate, You Can Remediate: Remedies For Alberta Landlords In Commercial Lease Abandonment

Canada Real Estate

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Miller Thomson LLP

The Fight Of Survivorship

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Casey & Moss LLP

Can Your Neighbour Expropriate Your Land? (A Consideration Of Remedies For Trespass)

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Purchasing Real Property In Alberta – The Lawyer's Role

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Neighbour Entitled To Retain Land Upon Which Lasting Improvements Were Made (Margaritis v. Milne)

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Property Owner Allowed To Maintain Property's Use As Three Dwelling Units (Vitale v. Toronto (City Of))

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

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