<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Morley Hanson Law Corporation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morley Hanson is a boutique Strata Law firm. Our clients include Strata Owners, Council Members, Property Managers, Realtors and other people interest]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:21:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.morleyhanson.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Significant Unfairness and Strata Budgets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unit entitlement is the Act's own default, and complying with it is generally a safe answer to a cost-allocation complaint. A robust and resilient Strata Community keeps its cost allocation matched to who actually benefits, and revisits an old arrangement through a proper vote rather than a change in who controls Council.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/significant-unfairness-and-strata-budgets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a668f7f10a4941c072bca6a</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_55d6034dcca8407ea91a2e08ce903bb7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Is Immediate Change to the Common Property Necessary?]]></title><description><![CDATA[An emergency that justified acting without authorization once should not become a standing excuse to act without it again. A robust and resilient Strata Community treats "it was necessary at the time" as a claim that has to be shown, not merely asserted.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/when-is-immediate-change-to-the-common-property-necessary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a668a0110a4941c072bba49</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_337b6ad8370546698939f324fe0cbe18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Administrator is a Last Resort, Not a Fix for Strata Conflict]]></title><description><![CDATA[A robust and resilient Strata Community resolves its own disputes through Council, its bylaws, and the more targeted remedies the Strata Property Act already provides. An administrator is what happens once none of that is working, not a substitute for making it work in the first place.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/an-administrator-is-a-last-resort-not-a-fix-for-strata-conflict</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a667a1d35380d3132b612e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_1caecf570756469d9388ec23367c42b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Owners Can Rely on a Strata's Prior Approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Owner who receives a Strata's specific approval, and then actually acts on it, has a right that a court or the Tribunal must weigh, not something the Strata can withdraw for free. That reliance carries the most weight where the approval was an affirmative, specific representation and the Owner has gone beyond preparatory steps to real use or real expense.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/owners-can-rely-on-a-strata-s-prior-approval</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6694ef35380d3132b66153</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_d193414a23e44e94965a58140aa581a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Does Strata Bylaw Enforcement Become Significantly Unfair?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A robust and resilient Strata Community depends on Owners being able to predict how a bylaw will actually be enforced against them, before it is enforced. Our recommendation is that Council document its reasons whenever it declines to enforce a bylaw against one Owner, not only when it decides to enforce it against another]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/when-does-strata-bylaw-enforcement-become-significantly-unfair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66b063388acffd1e391af0</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_bb8ed397b7ab4989b1c9b2477579d771~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Decision to Significantly Change the Common Property Belongs to the Owners, Not Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[Council has real authority to manage the common property, but that authority stops where a change becomes significant, and that line has been drawn by a fact-specific legal test the courts and the Civil Resolution Tribunal have applied consistently for years.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/the-decision-to-significantly-change-the-common-property-belongs-to-the-owners-not-council</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6686d235380d3132b63b88</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_1af1ec203eab47b3885732c1bfdc0880~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Does a Strata's Decision Not to Fine Become Significantly Unfair?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choosing not to fine a bylaw complaint is not, on its own, significantly unfair, because the Act gives Council real discretion in how it enforces the bylaws. What the case law consistently punishes is not the choice itself, but a Strata that had enough information to make that choice and did not make it, whether through an unexplained refusal to reach a conclusion, an unwillingness to act on evidence it obtained itself, or no investigation at all.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/when-does-a-strata-s-decision-not-to-fine-become-significantly-unfair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66b46d4f79a9f46e919e3c</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_c8e52b5440184256a5cbcbcc5c67c53c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recovering Legal Costs for Debt Collection ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Strata's power to recover legal costs on a lien is broader than a court's ordinary costs award. It begins only when a Certificate of Lien is registered, it includes only costs that were reasonably necessary to register or enforce that lien, and it ends when the arrears are paid.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/recovering-legal-costs-for-debt-collection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66b72d4f79a9f46e91a498</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_337b6ad8370546698939f324fe0cbe18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Significantly Unfair Financial Conduct by Strata Corporations]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fair process and a technically compliant formula do not, on their own, authorize charging an Owner for something they do not benefit from, reversing a cost arrangement Owners have relied on for years, or holding onto money the Strata was never entitled to in the first place. ]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/significantly-unfair-financial-conduct-by-strata-corporations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a669209b59210289e92bcd0</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_d193414a23e44e94965a58140aa581a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Right to Vote By Proxy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Owner does not lose their right to participate in democracy because they cannot attend a General Meeting. The power to appoint a proxy is important to proper governance of a Strata Corporation and a robust and resilient Strata Community.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/voting-by-proxy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7bc82123d99511bfd9a89</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_274572a82b2b449cbcbaed59bd0e4ade~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebekah Southard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Duty to Accommodate for Stratas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The duty to accommodate is a fundamental aspect of strata governance under human rights law. It requires strata corporations to respond thoughtfully and flexibly to situations where bylaws or conditions create barriers for individuals with disabilities.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/the-duty-to-accommodate-for-stratas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a286b5299361b5d20d51a56</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_a6015cb6cbd34b2eb170e8c349fe936e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Justin Hanson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using the Powers of the Strata Property Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Strata is a creature of statute and cannot perform an act that is something a person could do that is beyond its powers in the Strata Property Act.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/using-the-powers-of-the-strata-property-act</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a26ef3c7af0f73356987ce6</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_0992cc28b4db48dba5e0d5ab5981c763~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Craig Penner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Purpose of Annual General Meetings]]></title><description><![CDATA[The proper conduct of Annual General Meetings is critical to supporting a robust and resilient strata community. The Annual General Meeting is the opportunity for collective decision making and community building.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/the-purpose-of-annual-general-meetings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b6e80e4e1fe1692b2e3d2</guid><category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_bf1cd986a0c247a893fcb2aadeab820d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towing on Common Property]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stratas can manage parking effectively while reducing disputes and promoting the fair use of Common Property.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/towing-on-common-property</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a26d5f2579005354a9be904</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_da06b48aaf1748d8a0ea6519857f5c43~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andrew Arnold</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Requests to Alter Property: Ensuring Fairness]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Owner's request to alter a Strata Lot or the common property puts Council's discretion squarely in front of the significant-unfairness standard, whether or not a Bylaw expressly limits that discretion.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/requests-to-alter-property-ensuring-fairness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66bb2835380d3132b6ca67</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_f6200baf57724101867a9540bb5331ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repair of Common Property and Significant Unfairness]]></title><description><![CDATA[once a repair has become genuinely necessary, deferring it stops being a practical option, and continuing to defer it can cross from an ordinary delay into an oppressive breach of the Strata's own duty, with real financial consequences. A robust and resilient Strata Community moves from investigation to action once a repair is actually needed, rather than treating "eventually" as a substitute for a plan.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/repair-of-common-property-and-significant-unfairness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a668d43b59210289e92af5d</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_9b4d35c0aa604c428e8d8353dae6666d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power to Spend the Strata Corporation's Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Strata Property Act does not give Council a general discretion to spend the Strata's money on what it judges to be a good idea. Every expenditure must be authorized — a budget line, a Contingency Reserve Fund vote at the level the expenditure requires, or one of the narrow unapproved-expenditure exceptions]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/the-power-to-spend-the-strata-corporation-s-money</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66bf4529f14518d276cbff</guid><category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_337b6ad8370546698939f324fe0cbe18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay in Enforcing Bylaws Can Be Significantly Unfair]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Strata is entitled to use its judgment about whether and how to enforce a bylaw, and it is not expected to be perfect. However, that judgment must keep moving toward a decision; it cannot be exercised once and then abandoned while the same complaint continues to come in.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/delay-in-enforcing-bylaws-can-be-significantly-unfair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5a931b0d39a4adf2812d9d</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_924877bd3ff04606a8c9e2051b36bf0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Expenses and Strata Fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unit entitlement is the Act's default, and complying with it is generally a safe answer to a cost-allocation complaint as significantly unfair. 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It can arise from the three-element test, when the Strata Corporation puts its own state of mind in issue, has obtained legal advice, and voluntarily injects that advice into a dispute to justify what it did.]]></description><link>https://www.morleyhanson.ca/post/implied-waiver-of-solicitor-client-privilege-by-strata-corporations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5a76b35e7d848635df4f82</guid><category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1976a_97fe2911f6234d2d9a2892331b18b528~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Trevor Morley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>