Exam 14: Real and Personal Property and Protection of the Environment

There is an equitable principle that when a landlord retakes a property for failure to pay rent prior to the end of the lease term,the tenant can pay the arrears and apply in the court to have the lease reinstated.This is known as

Mario bought a small house in Nelson and was puzzled when he saw the conveyancing documents,which referred to a transfer of a "fee simple." The following statements were made to him to explain the term.Which is correct?

Discuss,in the context of commercial tenancies,what a business person ought to do to reduce his or her risk.

Explain what is meant by a tenancy at sufferance.

When a person has the right to go across land to get to another location,this is referred to as ________.

Which of the following statements regarding the nature of the landlord-tenant relationship is true?

The bailee is not liable for damage done to goods while they are in his/her possession.

Governments often override the common law right that water naturally coming to a property owner not be diverted beyond that needed for domestic usage.

Jack and Joan got married.It was the second marriage for both of them,and each brought one teenaged child into the marriage.They bought a house in Regina as joint tenants.They worked very hard to create a loving home,but when the children had disputes,it always affected the relationship between Jack and Joan because of the loyalty to their own child.Joan now thinks that it was a mistake to buy the house as joint tenants and wants her share in the house to go to her child in the event of her death.Which of the following will bring about such a change?

Jane had two teenaged sons.Her husband died when the boys were 14 and 16.She met Jack,who had a son and daughter by his first marriage.He was divorced from both a first and second wife.Jane and Jack decided to marry.After the marriage,they bought a house as co-owners.Which of the following is true with regard to co-ownership?

Explain what right is conveyed by an easement.

Distinguish between a leasehold estate and a freehold estate.

What is meant by a chattel?

When a house is built on a lot,the house is an example of

Mr.Bucks owned a 10-hectare property in Langley.He subdivided the land into two 5-hectare lots.He decided to keep lot A for himself and to sell lot B.His friend and neighbour,Ms.Goode,wanted lot B,so they made the following deal: for lot B,Ms.Goode would give Bucks $100,000,her car,a right-of-way of 3 meters along the east side of lot B to provide access to the highway,her promise not to remove any of the cedar trees (a row of which benefits lot A by blocking the view of a factory)and her promise to plant a 5-metre-long laurel hedge to block his view of her driveway.All promises were registered.Which one of the following is true?

Life estate means that the land is leased to a tenant for the period of his/her life.

In which of the following does a person have a true lease?

Mr.and Mrs.Dunn divorced and Mr.Dunn applied for a division of the matrimonial home in which they were joint tenants.Mr.Dunn died before the matter was settled.In Dunn Estate v.Dunn,the issue was whether the home was part of Mr.Dunn's estate,or whether it passed by survivorship to Mrs.Dunn.What did the court find?

When Joan entered into a contract with Mr.Shultz to rent an apartment in a converted house,she noticed that the back stairs and hand railing looked as if they were in disrepair.On the day when she took possession,she found she couldn't use the back stairs because the last two steps were rotten and the handrail was not bolted down at one end.Which of the following is true?

Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the person who is entitled to found property?