Legal Ethics – Getting SLAPPed by Costs?

This paper was presented at the 2nd Annual Ontario Bar Association’s Maintaining Professionalism in the Municipal Law Context Program. OVERVIEW This paper will consider the advocates’ dual professional obligations, to […]

Current Property Tax Issues

Pre-1998 Owners assessed realty taxes Tenants assessed separately for business taxes (value of property apportioned on basis of FMR) including shared parking business assessment Current Value Assessment 1998 Business assessment […]

Business property tax assessments: This time it’s technical

It took testimony from nine experts, weeks of hearings, and a review of hundreds of exhibits to interpret a statute and determine how business property should be assessed for municipal taxes. For the owners of six office tower complexes in downtown Toronto, it was well worth the effort.

Conflicting court decisions on OMB appeals

Municipalities, developers and other interested stakeholders who have been waiting for greater certainty on when Ontario Municipal Board decisions can be appealed to the Divisional Court will have to wait a little longer.