Canada

Condominiums

1. Introduction
2. Creation of Condominiums
3. Management by Condominium Corporation
4. Board of Directors
5. Transfer of Control and Sale and Lease of Units
6. Unit Owners
7. Common Expenses, Repair and Maintenance and Changes to Condominium
8. Compliance, Enforcement, Remedies and Dispute Resolution
9. Amalgamation and Termination of Condominiums

Constitutional Law – Division of Powers

1. Sources of Constitutional Law and Institutions
2. Constitutional Conventions and the Unwritten Principles of the Constitution
3. Courts, Independence of Judiciary and Judicial Review
4. Constitutional Interpretation: Pith and Substance, Double Aspect, Paramountcy and Interjurisdictional Immunity
5. Peace Order and Good Government
6. Criminal Law – Federal and Provincial Jurisdiction
7. The Regulation of Trade and Commerce
8. The Raising of Revenue, The Spending Power and Federal Authority in Relation to Financial Matters
9. Works and Undertakings, Communications and Transportation and Labour Relations
10. Property and Civil Rights and Provincial Authority in Relation to Local and Private Matters
11. The Environment and Natural Resources

Marko Djurdjevac, LL.B. / Guy Régimbald, LL.B., B.C.L. (Oxon.) & The late Martin William Mason, B.A., M.A., LL.B.

Condominiums

Marko Djurdjevac, LL.B., of the Ontario Bar, is a partner in the Condominium Practice Group of Miller Thomson LLP in Toronto. He has extensive experience in all aspects of condominium law and has represented and advised numerous condominium corporations and unit owners in various matters, including: the interpretation of condominium documents and contracts; enforcement proceedings (including mediation and arbitration); shared facilities/reciprocal agreement issues; and statutory rights and remedies applicable to condominiums. Marko is also a Certified Arbitrator (ADR Institute of Ontario) and acts as mediator or arbitrator of condominium disputes. He is the co-author of the mediation and arbitration teaching materials used for a top level condominium course offered by the Canadian Condominium Institute-Toronto and Area Chapter (CCI-T). He has written articles on legal matters for condominium publications and he has been interviewed by media outlets such as The Globe and Mail and City-TV for his comments on condominium law issues. He was also editor-in-chief of a condominium law newsletter. Marko has been a speaker, instructor, and moderator at CCI-T, Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario (ACMO), and PM Expo conferences and seminars.

Constitutional Law – Division of Powers

Guy Régimbald, LL.B., B.C.L. (Oxon.), is an Ottawa-based associate in the Advocacy Department of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. He practises mainly in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law and government relations. He has appeared as Counsel in such courts as the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Court of Appeal. He clerked for The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein and The Honourable Mr. Justice John C. Major of the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as for The Honourable Mr. Justice Marc Noël at the Federal Court of Appeal. He received his B.C.L. first class honours (Master’s in Law) from the University of Oxford. He earned his LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada as well as the Barreau du Québec. He is the author of Canadian Administrative Law and Halsbury’s Laws of Canada - Administrative Law, and he is co-author of Standards of Review of Federal Administrative Tribunals.

The late Martin William Mason, B.A., M.A., LL.B.,was a senior partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, where he practised in the Ottawa office for 26 years. He practised in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law and civil litigation and appeared before such courts as the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He also worked in the area of aboriginal law and wrote on the subject of First Nations governance. He was involved with the development of legislation through his work with the Constitutional Law section of the Canadian Bar Association and appearances before Senate Committees. He served as a co-chair of the Federal Court Bench and Bar Committee and taught constitutional law at the University of Ottawa for thirteen years. Prior to entering the legal profession, Martin taught political science at Carleton University and the University of Saskatchewan.