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Promissory Estoppel
2059008 Ontario Ltd. V. CM Weicker 2022 Ont SCJ
Lease referred to premises being 1,689 sq ft. Tenant paid rent on this basis for over 9 years. In the 10th year of a 10-year lease, landlord appointed a new property manager, who measured the premises at 1,953 sq ft, and landlord demanded an additional $152,000 in rent – although it was willing to forego those arrears if tenant renewed the term of the lease on very different terms from the original. Although the lease gave authority for a re-measurement, the judge held that landlord, on the facts of this case (which we will not list), was estopped (prevented) from demanding the arrears.
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Written by Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices. |