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Mar 06, 2024 |
Announcements
Daoust Vukovich is pleased to announce recognition of seven lawyers selected in the 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, highlighting their ...
Feb 05, 2024 |
RealTea
In this installment, Dylan Armstrong, "spills the tea" on tenant inducements.
Jan 28, 2024 |
RealTea
In this installment, Joshua Youssef Tawadros "spills the tea" on duty of good faith
Dec 18, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Natalie Vukovich "spills the tea" on subleasing.
Dec 04, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Christine Shahverdian "spills the tea" on quiet enjoyment.
Nov 22, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Deborah Watkins "spills the tea" on rights to extend or renew a lease.
Nov 06, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Melissa McBain "spills the tea" on landlord’s security.
Oct 17, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Gasper Galati "spills the tea" on abandoned property.
Jun 23, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Jamie Paquin "spills the tea" on force majeure.
Jun 02, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Jack Saraiva "spills the tea" on overholding.
May 17, 2023 |
RealTea
In this installment, Allison Fehrman "spills the tea" on removal and restoration obligations.
Jan 03, 2023 |
Presentation
When they work together, landlords and tenants create vibrant shopping experiences that promote a maximum return on investment for both parties. Wh...
Nov 26, 2021 |
Blawg
Here are 5 things you need to consider when agreeing to an option to extend/renew your commercial lease at “fair market rent”.
Nov 04, 2021 |
Blawg
Frustrated by how long it takes to close a lease deal? Tired of running into hurdles late in the game?
Here are 5 ways to get over ...
Sep 13, 2021 |
Announcements
DV Law is delighted to announce that Allison Fehrman, an associate in our Commercial Leasing team, has been nominated for the Outstanding Young Lea...
Jul 17, 2020 |
Blawg
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court not only granted a bankruptcy trustee access to a premises and the right to assign a lease, despit...
Apr 24, 2019 |
Announcements
Daoust Vukovich LLP was thrilled to be back again to sponsor the Office Lease of the Year Award at the 18th Annual NAIOP Greater Toronto REX Awards...
Apr 11, 2019 |
Blawg
The following scenario is common in the commercial leasing world:
A landlord delivers an invoice to a tenant for additional rent owing. ...
Apr 03, 2019 |
Presentation
This paper served as the background to the comments of Dennis Daoust (a partner in the law firm of Daoust Vukovich LLP) presented at the P.M. Sprin...
Mar 01, 2019 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust and Brian Parker
(ICSC Law Conference 2019)
INTRODUCTION
Having a good consultant for your construction project is critica...
Apr 21, 2016 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(ICSC Canadian Law Conference), 2016
Commercial leases contain restrictions on assignment, subleasing and parting with or ...
Feb 18, 2016 |
Article
Written by Deborah Watkins and Brian Parker
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2016)
When a landlord renovates or repairs its property it mu...
Jan 30, 2016 |
Article
Written by Melissa McBain
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer)
The strength of a tenant's financial covenant is, without a doubt, one of the ...
Jan 20, 2016 |
Article
Written by Jamie Paquin and Brian Parker
(ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Legal Update, Spring Issue 2016)
Canadian landlords often require that tenants ...
Apr 14, 2015 |
Article
Written by Deborah Watkins
(ICSC Canadian Law Conference 2015)
Leasing premises to a special use tenant has its advantages; as a tenant invests in ...
Feb 18, 2015 |
Article
Written by Gasper Galati and Brian Parker
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2015)
This paper addresses construction lien issues which arise...
Feb 18, 2015 |
Article
Written by Jamie Paquin
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2015)
Veterans of the Canadian commercial leasing industry may remember the days ...
Jun 05, 2014 |
Article
Written by Jamie Paquin
(The Behar Group Newsletter- Summer 2014 edition)
In commercial leases, landlords want as much flexibility as possible to e...
Feb 25, 2014 |
Article
Written by Wolfgang Kaufmann and Brian Parker
(The Commons Institute Commercial Leasing Essentials Live Webcast 2014)
"Good faith" is a term that i...
Jan 30, 2014 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2014)
This topic deals with the kinds of ongoing services that tenants might req...
Jan 30, 2014 |
Article
Written by Melissa McBain
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2014)
This paper provides a summary of the law of surrenders (and partial surre...
Dec 10, 2013 |
Article
Written by Wolfgang Kaufmann and Brian Parker
(16th Commercial Real Estate Leases 2013)
Commercial leases often involve long-term relationships. It...
Sep 10, 2013 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich and Brian Parker
(LSUC, Commercial Mortgage Transactions 2013)
As a commercial leasing lawyer, dealing exclusively with...
Jun 04, 2012 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
(ISCS Shopping Centre Legal Update - Vol. 32, Issue 2)
In both Canada and the United States, there is a legal doc...
Sep 29, 2011 |
Blawg
Landlords and tenants want to ensure that their commercial leases provide them with rights and remedies in the event of unforeseen circumstances th...
Feb 16, 2011 |
Article
Written by Jeanne Banka
(LSUC - The Six-Minute commercial leasing lawyer 2011)
The purpose of this paper is to address some practice management iss...
Feb 16, 2011 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
(The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2011)
Renewal rights in commercial leases are often limited by a provision st...
Feb 03, 2010 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
The Law Society of Upper Canada - Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer
Are capital expenditures properly recoverable as...
Jan 28, 2010 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(The Canadian Institute, Pre-Conference Workshop)
This paper describes the broad categories of commercial lease. By way of...
Dec 08, 2009 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
(Ontario Bar Association - Covenants Concerning the Use of the Land)
As noted by all previous speakers at this seminar,...
Feb 11, 2009 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
(LSUC- Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer)
A typical commercial net lease requires the tenant to maintain (1) propert...
Apr 07, 2005 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
(Shopping Centre Legal Update, Vol. 25, Issue 1)
A right of first refusal ("ROFR") is an important inducement and a va...
May 02, 2003 |
Article
Written by Jeanne Banka
(Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy, Vol. 15, No. 12)
Recent downturns in the economy have increasingly found retail and...
Feb 03, 2003 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2
One of the most troublesome clauses in a retail lease is the use clause. Lan...
Nov 01, 2002 |
Article
Written by: Jeanne Banka and Joseph Grignano
Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy, Vol. 15, No. 6
November 2002
One of the rights that the landlor...
Sep 02, 2002 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
Nothing that you learn in law school or in business school prepares you adequately for dealing with risk management and in...
Jun 02, 2002 |
Article
Written by Wolfgang Kaufmann
(Ontario Bar Association- "Leasing Lawyers: Avoiding Hot Water In a Cold Economy")
The economy is not as cold as origi...
Nov 01, 2001 |
Article
Written by J.E. Dennis Daoust
(Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 11)
An assignment of lease and a sublease are similar because in both of th...
Sep 13, 2001 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University - Professional Development Programme
Toronto, Ontario
After 15 years of hang...
Dec 07, 2000 |
Article
Written by J.E. Dennis Daoust
(Lexpert Seminar)
Each commercial lease will contain a system of clauses dealing with the rights of the landlord and ...
Dec 05, 2000 |
Article
Written by Francine Baker-Sigal and Joseph Grignano
(ICSC Shopping Center Legal Update, Vol. 20, Issue 3)
In 1971 the Supreme Court of Canada, thro...
Nov 23, 2000 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich and Joseph Grignano
(Lexpert Seminar - Fundamentals of Commercial Leasing & The Annual Commercial Leasing Institute...
Sep 22, 2000 |
Article
Written by Natalie Vukovich
LSUC - Return of the Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2000)
At common law, privity of estate was destroyed upon me...
Jun 21, 2000 |
Article
Written by Jeanne Banka
Lorman Education Services - Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law in Ontario
It is in the interest of both the landlord...
Jun 21, 2000 |
Article
Written by: Francine Baker-Sigal
for Lorman Education Services
June 21, 2000
It would be extremely foolish to enter into business dealings today wi...
Mar 09, 2000 |
Article
Written by Wolfgang Kaufmann
(ISCS 2000)
In this paper, we present an overview of the issues which often arise where is a default under a commercia...
Feb 01, 2000 |
Article
Written by: Jeanne Banka
Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol.20, No. 2
Landlords consider options to renew a necessary evil so long as tenants insist o...
Aug 01, 1999 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 8)
Commercial tenancy law is full of idiosyncrasies. Leases are a hybrid form of...
Apr 13, 1999 |
Article
Written by Jeanne Banka with Francine Baker-Sigal
(ICSC Shopping Centre Legal Update, Vol. 19, Issue )
The courts have repeatedly held that by acce...
Feb 07, 1999 |
Article
Written by J. E. Dennis Daoust
Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 11
Facing competition in the confines of a shopping centre can be overwhelm...
Mar 26, 1998 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(ICSC- Canadian Law Conference 1998)
A risk manager has three basic goals:
the transfer of risk in contracts such as ...
Nov 01, 1996 |
Article
Written by Dennis Daoust
(Shopping Centre Newsletter, vol. 16, No. 11)
Facing competition in the confines of a shopping centre can be overwhelming...
Aug 01, 1996 |
Article
Written by J. E. Dennis Daoust
Shopping Centre Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 8
Leasing persons often draft "use clauses" describing the business that th...