by Emma Caplan-Fisher | Feb 5, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
Last week, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) sent industry board and association leadership information on the recent class-action suit, McFall v. CREA et al., filed on January 18. The suit names CREA along with several board, association and corporate...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jan 30, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
In a recent legal development, another lawsuit — Kevin McFall v. Canadian Real Estate Association et al — has been filed against various real estate boards, franchisors and brokerages, echoing last year’s Sunderland case. In an exclusive interview with competition law...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 26, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The real estate industry is in for another lawsuit very soon. This new case pulls on similar legal claims made in the Sunderland case, which alleges price-fixing conspiracy among industry players. You can learn more about it here and here. Find out more next week, as...
by James R.G. Cook | Jan 26, 2024 | Legal Issues
QUICK HITS The Pennys built a home and lived in it without issue for four years. Their new neighbours got their property surveyed and found most of the Pennys’ garage and a corner of the house extended onto their property. With the neighbours not expecting to use the...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 20, 2023 | Legal Issues, News
Yesterday, the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) announced a settlement to all outstanding and ongoing legal disputes with the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA). RECA’s board of directors has agreed to pay AREA $900,000. A joint public statement...
by James R.G. Cook | Dec 12, 2023 | Legal Issues
QUICK HITS An Ontario joint title holder sought a court order to sell a property registered in her name and her former sister-in-law’s. When respondent separated from her spouse and three mortgage payments were taken from the applicant’s account, the applicant first...
