by Martin Rumack | Oct 14, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
Effective Sept. 6, the Ontario government implemented changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 2006, which impacts both landlords and tenants in an important – and perhaps surprising – way. What has changed? The Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act, 2016,...
by Matt Maurer | Jun 14, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
A panel of three Divisional Court judges in Ontario has overturned a decision of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LLTB) and ruled that a landlord is prohibited from terminating the tenancy relationship with his tenant until she dies. The landlord and tenant are brother...
by Matt Maurer | May 9, 2016 | Legal Issues
An Ontario Superior Court Judge has expressed his hope that legislative changes will be made to stop unscrupulous tenants from “gaming the system”. The facts of the case are straightforward and rather appalling. The tenant entered into an agreement to...
by Matt Maurer | Apr 13, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
A panel of three Ontario Divisional Court Judges have held that residential landlords are not permitted to photograph a property while it is occupied by a tenant unless the lease explicitly permits such photographs to be taken, or the landlord obtains the express...
