This post, published on Éditions Yvon Blais’ blog on real estate on February 7, 2019 (FR), deals with the decisions rendered in Services immobiliers Gestram inc. (Sotheby's International Realty Quebec) v. Ohannessian by the Court of Appeal (Full Text) and Paradis v. Trudel by the Superior Court (Full Text), in which the court discusses the legitimacy of the assignment of a claim for a real estate broker’s compensation from a real estate agency to its broker.
It is often observed that sellers who sell their property without a legal warranty imagine that by doing so, they will be released from any possibility of legal action in connection with the sale of the property in the future.
