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Landowner waited too long to challenge bylaw but can seek damages, rules Supreme Court
A property owner who challenged a municipal zoning bylaw he considered to be a disguised expropriation waited too long before taking legal action but can nevertheless still ask to be compensated for the loss in property value, ruled the Supreme Court of Canada. Continue reading
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Cities have a say over placement of cell towers, rules Quebec appeal court
In a closely watched ruling by Quebec municipalities that pitted a Montreal suburb against a Canadian telecommunications giant in a constitutional debate over whether a city can prevent a federal enterprise from building a communications tower, the Quebec Court of Appeal held that municipalities cannot prevent the installation of new cell towers but can have… Continue reading