Cases

The Impact on Your Condominium Corporation – Part IV

The applicant, Ms . McMillan, owned a condominium unit in a 32 -unit condominium corporation. The applicant’s unit, like the other units, was a freestanding one-storey house sitting on an individual parcel of land. The house itself was considered the unit, and the area extending from the front and rear entrances to the boundaries of the parcel of land was the exclusive use common element appurtenant to the unit. At each entrance was a wooden landing with two wooden steps extending from each respective landing to the ground. The landings had railings around them, but the steps did not.

The Impact on Your Condominium Corporation – Part V

This was the consolidated Small Claims Court trial of five separate actions. All five actions were brought by Mr. Swan, a former director of a condominium corporation, for defamation and libel. The five actions were brought against the condominium corporation, two directors of the condominium corporation (one of whom, Ms. Goan, the plaintiff sued twice), and the corporation’s property manager.

The Impact on Your Condominium Corporation – Part VI

This motion by the condominium corporation, and the action within which the motion was brought, arose as a result of a lien registered against the defendant’s unit by the corporation. The lien was registered pursuant to the Condominium Act, 1998 as a result of repeated failures by the defendant, Mr. Jaworowski, to pay his common expenses.

Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) – Baig v. Williams

The Appellant, Tenant, has not appeared. A friend of hers, Mr. Sherlock, has handed the court a note, dated August 24, 2016 from the North York General Hospital that reads: “Ms. Williams is currently at North York General Hospital for medical reasons. She will be unable to attend work for the next few days”.

Gibson v. The Young Women’s Christian Association of

This is an Application filed on November 28, 2013, alleging discrimination with respect to housing and services because of race, colour, place of origin, citizenship, disability, family status, marital status, age and association with a person identified by a protected ground contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”).

Ontario Superior Court of Justice – Gledhill v. Better Living Homes, Inc.

For the second time in six months, the Plaintiff seeks to set aside a stay of proceedings in this action. On May 1, 2014, Corbett J. issued an order staying the proceedings and ordered the Plaintiff to police defendants $500 in costs. His endorsement reads, in its operative part. It appears (although it is not certain) that this action is simply a repetition of the claims in the small claims court action. However, I decline to exercise my discretion to dismiss this proceeding outright, without the benefit of argument and a detailed analysis of the claims in this proceeding and the small claims court proceeding. Rather, I order this proceeding stayed until