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Real Estate Law
From a rented apartment to a purchased building: when a lease, a transaction or the condition of a property turns into a dispute, you need to know quickly what the law allows and what it requires of you.
Residential leases and the TAL
The relationship between landlord and tenant is tightly regulated, and delays at the Tribunal administratif du logement are often measured in months. Arriving prepared makes a real difference.
- Rent recovery and non-payment
- Repossession of a dwelling and eviction
- Contesting a rent increase
- Unfit housing, mould, unsanitary conditions
- Lease termination and assignment
- Loss of peaceful enjoyment and damages
Commercial leases
Commercial leases fall largely outside the protective regime that governs residential tenancies: what you signed is what applies. The stakes are usually higher too.
- Negotiation and review before signing
- Default by the tenant or the landlord
- Renewal and option clauses
- Termination, abandonment of premises, damages
- Disputed operating costs and adjustments
- Subletting and assignment of lease
Latent defects (vice caché)
You bought a property and a problem surfaces — water infiltration, foundation, roof, electrical, soil contamination. The seller says they had no idea, or that you should have seen it.
These files turn on precise questions: did the defect exist before the sale, was it apparent on a careful examination, and did the seller know about it. I act both for buyers who discover a problem and for sellers who are blamed for one.
Timing matters
A latent defect must be reported to the seller in writing within a reasonable time of its discovery, and before corrective work is carried out. Waiting too long — or repairing too quickly — can compromise the claim. If you have just noticed a problem, now is the time to raise it.
Property transactions
Most transactions close without incident. When one doesn't, it is rarely at a convenient moment.
- Promise to purchase: conditions, deadlines, withdrawal
- Refusal to complete the sale
- Incomplete or inaccurate seller declarations
- Disputes over the deposit
- Servitudes, encroachments and boundary determination
- Co-ownership disputes with the syndicate
Dealing with a real estate matter?
Fifteen free minutes to identify the situation, the deadlines that apply, and the options available.
This page provides general information and does not constitute legal advice.