Earlier this year, Justice Matlow made a plea that appeals from decisions of the Landlord and Tenant Board be “restricted” and that perhaps leave to appeal needed to be obtained before appeals could be brought.

We wholeheartedly agree that some kind of gatekeeper function is necessary to keep frivolous and meritless appeals out of the courts.  Continue reading “Appeals from decisions of the Landlord and Tenant Board should be “restricted””

Iler Campbell has made a submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing regarding Notices of Rent Increase (NORIs) under the Residential Tenancies Act.  There is a need to amend the legislation to overcome a 2007 decision of the Court of Appeal which eliminated any limitation period for NORIs found to be “void”.  For full details see our submission (pdf).