Auclair v Dougherty

Tenant wins · Smiths Falls · 2021-12-20

Adjudicator

Jitewa Edu

Dispute

Non-payment of Rent

Notice

Non-payment of rent (N4)

Landlord

M.A.

Tenant

B.D., B.D.

What happened

Landlord applied for an order to terminate the tenancy and evict Tenants due to failure to pay rent. The application was filed after serving a Notice to End Tenancy Early for Non-payment of Rent (N4 Notice), but the notice was not signed as required by the Residential Tenancies Act.

The ruling

The Landlord's application is dismissed because the N4 notice served on the Tenants was defective, as it was not signed as required by the Residential Tenancies Act.