Toronto Partner, Sarah Turney, shares her perspective on a pivotal Supreme Court ruling regarding an adverse possession claim of municipal parkland by Toronto homeowners, in an article published in Canadian Lawyer.
The team of Sarah Turney, Daniel Richer and Jasmeen Kabuli represented the appellants. In the article, Sarah underlines the ruling's significant legal implications
“Beyond its implications for real estate and municipal lawyers, the decision provides important guidelines for any case where the common law meets a statutory scheme, as outlined in the following passage from the ruling: That the legislature has not completely ousted the common law does not permit courts to supplement a statute in a [manner] that is inconsistent with legislative intent,ˮ said Partner, Sarah Turney.
