Law: The Oakville Case

Globe Covers Oakville Case

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 ::: 1 Comment

This morning, Paul Waldie has a piece on the Oakville case: Oakville’s billboard war rages on.
We wrote about the Oakville case in: Larry Vann Tries to Pull a Fast One on Oakville, and the Ontario Court of Appeal Shuts Him Down and Town of Oakville Appeals Ontario Superior Court Decision to Quash Signs By-Law.

Larry Vann Tries to Pull a Fast One on Oakville, and the Ontario Court of Appeal Shuts Him Down

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 ::: No Comments

Yesterday we covered the Ontario Superior Court’s decision to quash the Oakville Signs by-law and order Oakville to issue billboard permits to Vann Media.
Today, we take a look at Larry Vann’s post-decision permit scheming and the resulting Ontario Court of Appeal decision that killed it.
Larry Vann, we noted yesterday, was the billboard developer that slammed [...]

Town of Oakville Appeals Ontario Superior Court Decision to Quash Signs By-Law

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 ::: No Comments

The Town of Oakville, Ontario is appealing an Ontario Superior Court decision quashing the Town’s signs by-law and ordering the Town to issue 11 permits for 80 square foot third party signs to Vann Media. The court held Oakville’s heavy restrictions on signs to be a de-facto ban on billboards. And it was - no [...]