Pat Williams to Present at SPABC Event
Pat Williams, Chair of the Strata Property Group, along with speakers from Hammerberg & Co. and Lawson Lundell, will be presenting at a Strata Property ... Continued
Patrick Williams writes column for the Advocate
the Advocate features a regular column, titled "A View from the Centre", by Pat Williams, Chair of Clark Wilson’s Strata Property Group. Focusing on news ... Continued
Vancouver Magazine quotes Patrick Williams
Pat Williams, Chair of Clark Wilson LLP’s Strata Property Group, is referenced in Vancouver Magazine as one of the city’s premier condo law experts. The ... Continued
Allyson Baker on strata ballot regulations
The Province newspaper quotes Allyson Baker in the September 11, 2011 edition of the column "Condo Smarts". In response to a reader’s question, Allyson comments ... Continued
Adam Dlin and Veronica Franco join the partnership
We are pleased to announce that Adam Dlin and Veronica Franco have joined the partnership at Clark Wilson LLP. Adam practices within our Business Succession, ... Continued
Pat Williams on changes to the Strata Property Act
On June 22, 2011, Pat Williams presented on “Property allocation and legal structure of strata corporations in relation to contingency reserve fund studies”, which covered ... Continued
Veronica Franco successful at Court of Appeal
On December 20, 2010, Veronica Franco received a Court of Appeal decision in the case of The Owners, Strata Plan NW 971 v. Daniels, 2010 ... Continued
Owner-developer has to pay full amount of lien (not just the proportionate share relating to the individual strata lot) to discharge lien – section 90 not applicable
In W Redevelopment Group Inc. v Allan Window Technologies Inc., the court held that the owner-developer could not invoke section 90 of the Strata Property ... Continued
Exclusive Use Agreements: Are They Valid?
Often I am approached by strata corporations to provide guidance regarding the use of common property by owner/ developers and others who are not owners ... Continued
Strata Property Act: Where the rubber meets the road
In the March/April 2000 edition of Industry News my colleague Bonnie Elster wrote of a number of changes that will occur as the result of ... Continued
The Role of an Administrator
I am often asked by my friends who are not in the strata property industry how I will keep myself busy once condominiums stop “leaking”. ... Continued
Overgoverning?
Strata Corporations are weird and wonderful animals. In British Columbia, they have existed since the Strata Titles Act was enacted in 1966. Through the Condominium ... Continued