Real Estate Law

Real estate law covers the wide range of legal issues relating to immovable property. This is a broad field that includes, in particular, the following matters:

• the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in connection with leases, including ordinary leases, principal residence leases, commercial leases, office leases, etc.;
• condominium and co-ownership issues;
• easements;
• neighbourhood disputes and party-wall issues;
• legal advice and assistance in resolving issues arising from the purchase or sale of property (cancellation of a sale, latent defects, expert assessments, etc.);
• drafting various legal documents (lease agreements, purchase offers, etc.);
• construction law (expert assessments, defective workmanship, acceptance of works, the ten-year statutory warranty, liability of architects or contractors, etc.).