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Citation: Trindade v. Jantzi, 2021 ONSC 1927
File Number: DC-19/51
Hearing Date
Mar 2021
Order Date
Mar 16, 2021
The Divisional Court allowed the Landlord's appeal, finding the Landlord and Tenant Board made legal errors in concluding it had exclusive jurisdiction over the Tenants' rent abatement application. The Court held that the Board should have considered whether the application was an abuse of process given the ongoing Superior Court proceedings. The Court dismissed the Tenants' application to the Board as an abuse of process.
The Landlord appealed a Landlord and Tenant Board order that concluded the Board had exclusive jurisdiction over the Tenants' application for rent abatement. The Landlord argued the application was an abuse of process given ongoing Superior Court proceedings. The Divisional Court allowed the appeal, finding the Board erred in law by not considering the abuse of process issue and by concluding the Tenants had no recourse in Superior Court.
Landlord argued that the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 does not apply, that the Tenants' application to the Board was an abuse of process given the Superior Court proceedings, and that the Tenants had 'attorned' to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court.
Landlord entered into an Occupancy Agreement with Tenants after issues arose with completing the sale of the property.
Tenants argued that the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 applies to their relationship with the Landlord and sought rent abatement for the Landlord's alleged failure to provide heat during the tenancy.
Tenants made an initial payment of $750 under the Occupancy Agreement for the second half of August 2017, but made no further monthly payments.
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