Real Estate
Real estate claims trends – errors and insights
Real estate law accounts for the second highest number of legal malpractice claims in Ontario, after civil litigation. But real estate law is responsible for a higher percentage of claims costs than litigation – and the trends are up for both the count and cost of real estate claims. Over the last ten years, real… Read More »
Categories: 2010 Dec File Retention, Articles, Communications Errors, Features, Inadequate Investigation, Real EstateTitle insurance – Separating fact from fiction
In just over a decade, title insurance has gone from a little-known development to a mainstay of real estate practice. In Ontario alone, title insurance is a $100 million a year industry: Between 1999 and 2009, the revenue of the major title insurers of Ontario grew 534 per cent. Not surprisingly it is estimated that… Read More »
Categories: 2010 Dec File Retention, Articles, Features, Real Estate, Title insurance, TitlePLUSPractice pitfalls
Categories: 2010 September Pitfalls, Articles, Civil Litigation, Clerical / Delegation, Communications Errors, Conflicts of Interest, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Dabbling, Failure to Know The Law, Family, Features, Inadequate Investigation, Independent Legal Advice, Limitation Periods, Personal injury, Real Estate, Time Management, Wills & Estates