COMING SOON

Do not miss!

Friday, june 22nd 2012, a conference organized by la Chambre Nationale des Experts en copropriété at the Yatch Club de France.

What's new?

Since april 2010, the Centre de formation en copropriété has started offering recognized professional development courses in co-ownership. Click here to visit the web site.

Now available in multi-media, the course on 'Les assemblées de copropriétaires', by Mes Yves Papineau and Christine Gagnon, intended for both co-ownership professionals and ordinary people.
Multi-media from Wilson-Lafleur. Click for more details.
Click for more details.

La Chambre des notaires met sur pied un groupe de travail sur la copropriété.
The minister of Justice, Mrs. Kathleen Weil, is happy to cooperate with La Chambre des notaires du Québec in the constitution of a work group dedicated to co-ownership. Me Papineau will be part of it. Follow the link to read the complete story.

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ARTICLES ON CO-OWNERSHIP

These articles explain many important notions in co-ownership. We thought that you could find them helpful.

Condo: Mythes et Réalités.  The condo market has exploded during the recent years. Here is all you should know before deciding to buy. Written by Frédéric Perron for Protégez-vous. (a small charge applies)     »

Divided co-ownership: The (very) basic legal concepts.  If you already own a condominium or if you are interested in acquiring one, you should be prepared to let some new words or expressions enter your vocabulary. Here are a few of them.    »

The notions of replacement and transformation according to articles 1071 et 1097 C.c.Q.   The syndicate intends to replace the doors and windows of the building. What can you do if you disagree?    »

The portions of the immovable and who is responsible for the charges?   Condo fees, private and common portions, common portions for restrictive use and intermediate portions. What should you know?    »

Common expenses: when does the contribution start?  It is often noticed at the beginning of a co-ownership that the payment of the common expenses is decided by each and everyone, regardless of the law. So from when and by whom are common expenses to be paid?  »

Relative or absolute majority?   The general rule is that the decisions of the syndicate are taken by a majority of the co-owners present or represented at the meeting, with the exception of special majorities stipulated in articles 1097 and 1098 of the Civil Code of Quebec.     »

Pets and the condo.  A buyer should always verify whether the declaration of co-ownership and its by-laws allow for the possession of pets, and, if it does, under which conditions.    »

Mediation in co-ownership issues.  Mediation and arbitration in co-ownership issues offer many benefits, among which speeding up the process is not the least.  This swiftness of resolving the matter is very important to people having to meet every day in an elevator while being in conflict    »

The notice calling the annual general meeting of the co-owners.   he notice calling the annual general meeting of the co-owners shall be delivered to all the co-owners by means assuring its reception. This notice cannot solely be posted in the common portions like the hall or an elevator.    »

Leasing and co-ownership.   The rules in use for leasing apply to a co-owned unit, just like any other dwelling.    »

Access to the register of co-ownership.  The legislator has included in the law some dispositions meant to ensure a better control over the syndicate of co-ownership by its directors. Notably, the syndicate must keep a register of co-ownership....    »

The janitor and the labour standards.   Labour Standards being of public interest, it's not possible to make particular agreements. This law applies to the janitors in co-owned properties and we will briefly look to some of its essential dispositions that could bring some problems in their case, especially if the janitor was hired in an "on call" basis.    »

Who can be a director?  Like any other question regarding coownership, the answer can be found in the Quebec Civil Code and/or in the declaration of co-ownership.     »

Médiation.  Donnant, donnant.  Nowadays, mediation is no longer a ressource reserved to family law or fighting couples. The fields of practice have diversified : construction, co-ownership, civil and commercial law, community mediation… You name it!   Different practices all following the principles of participative justice.    »

No problem, I have a condo!  Another owners' meeting! At the end of this meeting, Henri-Paul had a new 2 916$ charge adding up to his condo fees. A special contribution had to be voted because the leaking roof had to be repaired and the 175 000$ expense was too much for the contingency fund. Henri-Paul had other plans for this money. He now worries about what the next surprise shall be.    »

Shorten co-owners' meetings by eliminating unnecessary votes   Nowadays, a vote ratifying all the acts of the directors for the previous year is often included on the agenda of the meeting.  How could the co-owners attending the meeting ratify those acts without any adequate knowledge?    »

When co-ownership rhymes with bad relationship.  Quarrels on special contribution for emergency repair or a delinquent co-owner can degenerate and co-ownership is not protected against it.    »

Les clauses pénales en copropriété  Pour exister, une clause pénale doit faire partie d’un contrat dans lequel les parties s’obligent les unes envers les autres. Généralement, une partie pourra réclamer à l’autre partie de s’exécuter si cette dernière est en défaut, ou encore en exiger une compensation financière (couramment appelée «dommages-intérêts»).    »

Les troubles de vosinage et l'injonction en copropriété  Étant donné la température généralement très clémente de cet été, vous vous retrouvez dans une situation où vous humez les effluves provenant du barbecue de votre voisin d’en dessous que celui-ci a décidé d’utiliser quotidiennement, en plus de vous faire «partager» son goût immodéré pour l’opéra à toute heure du jour et de la nuit, le tout malgré vos protestations personnelles et répétées.    »


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