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The British Columbia Real Estate Association has published its 2012 Legal Update book for members of British Columbia real estate boards and BCREA.

This 2012 installment of its annual legal update series includes the following chapters:

Does One Have to be a Lie Detector in Real Estate (Greg Blanchard), Material Latent Defect or Stigmatization (Brian Taylor), Condition or Covenant (Peter Ramsay), Damages for Failure to Complete (Devin Kanhai), Licensee Remuneration – Entitlement (Devin Kanhai), The Homeowner Protection Act – What Needs to be Considered (Doug Cox and Jan Calkins), REDMA Update (Jennifer Clee), Electronic Transactions Act (Ed Wilson) and Canadian Competition Law – The New Competition Act – The First 2 Years in Force (Steve Szentesi).

The competition law update chapter in this new publication, prepared by our firm, includes discussions of: (i) the 2009 and 2010 amendments to the Competition Act, (ii) Competition Act enforcement and penalties, (iii) key enforcement developments in the past two years (including conspiracy and misleading advertising law developments), (iv) a discussion of key implications of Canada’s new competition laws for Canadian real estate agents and brokers, (v) a discussion of the CREA abuse of dominance case (settled at the end of 2010) and mere postings and (vi) and a brief overview of Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (Bill C-28).

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