Topic: Legal
The preliminary contract: much more than just a signature
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Association des Propriétaires du Québec
The preliminary contract: much more than just a signature
The Civil code of Quebec requires, in the case of the sale by a contractor of a residential building built or to be build to a person who acquires it to occupy it himself, that this sale be preceded by a preliminary contract which binds the two parties.
A three-month notice to leave one’s housing, it is not possible for all the tenants!
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Association des Propriétaires du Québec
A three-month notice to leave one’s housing, it is not possible for all the tenants!
The lease is a contract between two parties, which comprises rights and obligations on both sides; the tenant is entitled to the maintenance in the premises for the whole duration of the lease, he also has the obligation to honour his engagement ...
Decision of suretyship
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Association des Propriétaires du Québec
Decision of suretyship
In this particular case, the lease signed between the three parties did not envisage a joint responsibility of the tenant and guarantor towards the lessor, it is also shown that
Decision on suretyship : "Régie du logement"
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Association des Propriétaires du Québec
Decision on suretyship : "Régie du logement"
However, article 2362 of the Civil code of Quebec indicates: “Where the suretyship is contracted with a view to covering future or indeterminate debts, or for an indeterminate period, the surety may terminate it after three years,
A judgement rendered in favor of landlords
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Me Bill Kostopoulos
A judgement rendered in favor of landlords
The parties are bound by a lease of the dwelling from July 1st until June 30th, 2010, at a monthly rent of 450 $. The building in which the dwelling is located comprises five housing units distributed on three floors.