Erin Berney

Erin Berney is an Edmonton-based Partner whose practice focuses on residential and commercial condominium law, from traditional, bare land and phased-style developments to “barely blended,” duplex, mixed-use and rural/resort developments. She has successfully litigated various matters on behalf of condominium corporations, unit owners and property management companies alike, including a precedent-setting decision on short-term rentals in Alberta.

Erin has been a condominium owner in the Oliver neighbourhood of Edmonton since 2005 and has served on its Board of Directors as Treasurer, Secretary and Chair of the Bylaw Review Committee, and currently serves as the Privacy Officer. This experience has provided her with unique insight and knowledge that she brings to her work with clients. She advises condominium corporations, developers, managers, boards and owners and prioritizes resolving disputes outside of court whenever possible. She emphasizes client education to help condominium corporations operate legally and fairly.

Erin maintains a broad legal practice that includes some general civil litigation but focuses on condominium law in Alberta, with particular experience in:

• Bylaw review, drafting, interpretation, amendments and enforcement
• Borrowing, loans and security
• Property management, contract drafting and agreement reviews
• Collection of condominium fees, chargebacks and fines
• Foreclosures, liens, caveats and priority disputes
• Builder, developer and construction deficiencies
• Tenancy-related matters and evictions
• Leases, licences and transfers of units, common property and common property units
• Insurance losses, claims and recovery
• Privacy, video surveillance, security and other policy development
• Meetings, procedures and corporate governance
• Planning, development and Land Titles Office registrations
• Short-term accommodations and other uses

Before entering the legal profession, Erin was a graphic designer in the Edmonton Journal newsroom for 10 years and managed the Canadian Literature Centre at the University of Alberta for four years. She continued both roles full-time throughout law school. Erin was also a student editor with the Alberta Law Review.