Leor interviews with Brian Crombie from AM 960 on Wednesday, October 27 discussing the upcoming and controversial inclusionary zoning policies that the city of Toronto is proposing to implement effective September 2022…

The 4P Affordable Housing Partnership

November 2, 2021 | By John Fox, Real Estate Partner

Collaboration and partnerships have long been the watchwords in delivering affordable housing, but private developers working with Non-profit organizations (“NPOs”) to let NPOs fill units in private rental buildings is relatively new…

Action Needed to Avoid an Eviction Crisis

September 4, 2020
Published on BNN Bloomberg

Ismail Ibrahim, a lawyer within the Corporate and Real Estate Group, joins BNN Bloomberg for a conversation about what Canada might look like now that the eviction moratorium is ending without additional supports in place for struggling landlords…

FINTRAC’s transitional period for reporting to end Dec. 1, 2021

October 18, 2021 | By Rachel Puma
Published in Building Excellence Magazine

Real Estate Associate Rachel Puma is featured in the Building Excellence Magazine for her article on the state of FINTRAC’s transitional period…

Construction Safety and the Owner: damned if you don’t, probably if you do.

August 31, 2021 | By John Fox, Real Estate Partner & Ismail Ibrahim, Business Law Lawyer

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision suggests that owners of construction projects, even after delegating a General Contractor asthe project’s “constructor”, may have reason to worry about attracting Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) liability…

Update of Condo Purchase Agreements

January 4, 2021 | By Leor Margulies, Tara Welat & Rachel Puma, Lawyers in the Real Estate Group

We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of additional disclosure requirements for new developments coming into effect in 2021…

Jennifer Lynch, Tax and Estates Lawyer, interview with Wolfgang Klein - The Wolf on Bay Street

Jennifer has been interviewed by Wolfgang Klein on his podcast, The Wolf on Bay Street, discussing estate planning on the Saturday, November 27th episode…

Shareholders’ agreements: best weapon to fight corporate oppression:

January 4, 2021 | By Charlie Kim, Business Law Partner & Amanda Laren, Tax and Estates Lawyer Published on LegalWriter.net

If there’s doubt in anyone’s mind about the superior protection shareholders’ agreements provide for aggrieved investors, the Ontario Superior Court’s decision in Murray v. Pier 21 makes the case in spades…

2SLGBTQ+ Human Rights in the Workplace

October 26, 2021 | By Barbara Green, Litigation Partner & Erran Lee, Articling Student

Although Canada has advanced its legal protections in the workplace for individuals who identify as part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, these persons can still be vulnerable to harassment and/or discrimination in the workplace. “2SLGBTQ+” refers to a range of gender and sexual identities, including Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, and the plus sign indicates the inclusion of other gender or sexual minorities…

Supreme Court of Canada Decision: When Silence can be Deceptive

January 14, 2021 | By Dominique Michaud & Samuel Mosonyi, Lawyers in the Litigation Group

The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified the duty of honest contractual performance in C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger. In a nutshell, the Supreme Court has clarified that silence, omissions, and half-truths can be deceptive and a breach of the duty of honest contractual performance. The remedy to such a breach is damages that place the injured party in the same position as if the breach had not occurred…

Claudia Pedrero

Claudia is an associate in our Real Estate Group. She practices in the areas of affordable housing, condominium and real estate development where she advises private developers, public sector entities, non-profit organizations and co-operatives. Before joining Robins Appleby, Claudia practised real estate and corporate commercial law at a Toronto law firm that primarily serves non-profit organizations, charities and co-operatives.

Arianne Sawh

Arianne is an associate in our Tax & Estates Group where she advises clients on all areas of trusts and estates law, including the preparation of wills and the creation and operation of trusts. Arianne also advises executors, trustees and beneficiaries in respect of ongoing estate administration issues, including the preparation and filing of probate applications.

Thomas Witteveen

Thomas is an associate at Robins Appleby LLP and advises clients on all areas of taxation law, including tax matters arising in corporate transactions, estate and family business succession planning, post-mortem planning and dispute resolution. Thomas was an Assistant Editor for the Ottawa Law Review and a Dispute Resolution Practicum teaching assistant. Thomas also undertook directed research projects and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Amelia Briggs-Morris

Amelia worked both as a summer student and an articling student at Robins Appleby, before joining the firm as an associate in the real estate group. Amelia’s practice includes both commercial real estate and affordable housing. Amelia is passionate about community initiatives. During law school, she was on the executive committee of the Community Outreach Society, which held fundraisers for local Halifax charities.