Clause & Effect Newsletter

Enhanced HST Rebate Just Took Another Step Forward!

Updated on the Ontario HST Rebate

One Failed Closing. Two Dead Deals. A $188,075 Judgment.

Insights from Chu v. Kumar et al. v. Sethi et al., 2026 ONSC 2748.

They Set Down a Piano and Found a $129,595 Problem.

Insights from Austin v. MacFarlane, 2026 ONSC 463

Cut Out the Brokerage, Cut Out the Claim: Why This Private Sale Shielded Royal LePage

Insights from Afshari v. Privitera, 2025 ONSC 5758

They Ghosted the Builder (and Paid $142,757 for the Privilege)

Insights from VanderMolen Homes Inc. v. Mani, 2024 ONSC 2617

🚨 Ontario’s Enhanced HST Rebate Just Became Law

Ontario Just Passed Bill 114. Here’s What Realtors Need to Know Now

No Reasons, No Problem: When a Lawyer Approval Condition Needs No Explanation

Insights from Yui v. Yan, 2025 ONCA 410

⏰ Ontario's $130,000 Enhanced HST Rebate Just Became Bill 114

No Paper, No Gift: When a $1.2-Million "Thank You" Came with Strings Attached

Insights from Radlett Holdings Inc. v. Zheng, 2025 ONSC 3807

$100,000, No Deed, Full Ownership: When Cash and Texts Trump the Title Registry

Insights from Crampton v. Lightfoot, 2025 ONSC 3902

Can a Seller Claw Back a Price Reduction? This Builder Did

Insights from Lazy Dolphin Development Inc. v. Pathmanathan, 2025 ONSC 3677

Ten Years of Payments, Zero Ownership: When a Verbal Family Deal Fails the Paper Trail Test

Insights from Chevalier v. Chevalier, 2025 ONSC 4025