Author Archives: Joshua Selby

About Joshua Selby

Joshua I. Selby, B.A. with Distinction (University of Calgary); LL.B. (University of Victoria). Josh is an associate in the Calgary office of Parlee McLaws LLP. He practices in the firm’s real estate, business services, and financial services departments. Josh has substantial experience in leasing, condominium law, property development, and real estate finance. Josh is also very active in the Alberta Bar. He is also the current Vice-Chair of the CBA South Alberta Commercial Real Estate Subsection and the Case Reviewer and Legislative Reviewer of the CBA South Alberta Residential Real Estate Subsection. He has made presentations at the Canadian Condominium Institute on the topic of mixed-use condominiums and is a contributor to the Alberta Real Estate Practice Manual and Alberta Real Estate Fundamentals.

Managed property, the reserve fund, ultra vires doctrine and other issues in interpreting the Condominium Property Act

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Case commented on: Maciejko v Condominium Plan No. 9821495, 2012 ABQB 607

Maciejko v Condominium Plan No. 9821495 (“Shores“) is posed to be an extremely significant case for the Condominium Property Act, RSA 2000, c C-22 the (“Act“).  The case deals with questions that go to the root of the practice area.  How should the powers of a condominium corporation be interpreted?  What is a “unit”?  What is the role of the condominium plan?  The answers to such fundamental questions have a significant impact not only for Shores itself, but also for hundreds of other condominiums in Alberta similarly set-up.  The questions also have significant importance to the entire condominium practice area and, at a more practical level, the use of the Act as a tool for the development and empowerment of condominium communities.

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