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Holding it All Together: Rental Pool Restrictive Covenant Found Valid
Condominium hotels are condominiums first, and hotels second.  Because of that, it is not uncommon for some of the hotel strata lot owners to second-guess the financial arrangement with the hotel manager and attempt to circumvent steep management fees by...
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ELIZABETH YIP JOINS PANEL ON CHINESE INVESTMENT IN CANADIAN REAL ESTATE
On October 7, Elizabeth Yip was a panelist with other industry leaders at the Western Canadian Hotel & Resort Investment Conference in Vancouver on the session entitled “A Surging Wave: Chinese Real Estate Investment Goes Overseas”.
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Title Insurance Gaining a Foothold in B.C.
Title insurance has become much more relevant in British Columbia (“BC”) in recent years. Prior to that, it was customary for lenders and property owners in BC to rely on the protections afforded by the Torrens land title system in...
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Beverly Ellingson joins panel of legal experts to discuss amendments to REDMA
Beverly Ellingson recently joined a panel of legal experts at the UDI Vancouver Breakfast held on September 11th. Significant changes have been made to the Real Estate Development Marketing Act (REDMA) and the panel was on hand to discuss what...
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Elizabeth Yip to speak at CLE BC’s course on Real Estate Development Advanced Topics
Please join Elizabeth Yip on September 23rd at CLEBC’s course on Real Estate Development Advanced Topics. This course is designed for experienced lawyers practicing in the area of real estate development or municipal law and may also be of interest...
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Best Lawyers recognizes lawyers from Terra Law
Terra Law is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers has recognized three of its lawyers in their annual report for “2015 Best Lawyers in Canada”. Best Lawyers is one of the oldest peer-review publications in the legal profession with its...
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NEW AND SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS TO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT MARKETING ACT (“REDMA”)
Electronic Delivery of Disclosure StatementsSection 15 was amended to permit a developer to provide disclosure statements, amendments to disclosure statement, phase disclosure statements and consolidated disclosure statements to purchasers by electronic means, but only with the written consent of the...
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Happy Birthday Terra Law!
Celebrating one year of excellent service to our clients – Happy Birthday Terra Law!
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Terra Law Corp – One of Canada’s Top 5 Real Estate Boutiques
Terra Law Corporation has been named one of Canada’s Top 5 Real Estate Boutiques by Canadian Lawyer Magazine! We are proud to have our commitment to client service and our expertise recognized by voters in Canadian Lawyer’s popular “Top Boutiques”...
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Developing Leaders Presents: An Overview of Legal Issues – Wednesday, April 23
Developing Leaders are invited to join Russell Benson and Beverly Ellingson in a discussion of important legal issues to be aware of when negotiating purchase and sale agreements and leases related to commercial properties. Russell Benson and Beverly Ellingson are...
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