Bray v Labelle

Tenant wins · Bowmanville · 2022-01-26

Adjudicator

Richard Ferriss

Dispute

Non-payment of Rent

Notice

Non-payment of rent (N4)

Landlord

R.B., G.B.

Tenant

M.L.

What happened

The Landlords applied for an order to terminate the tenancy and evict the Tenant due to non-payment of rent. The Landlords did not provide the Tenant with the Landlord's legal name and address as required by the Residential Tenancies Act until October 2021, after serving the notice of termination in September 2021.

The ruling

The Landlord's application is dismissed because the Landlord did not provide the Tenant with the Landlord's legal name and address as required by the Residential Tenancies Act until after serving the notice of termination. As a result, the Tenant's obligation to pay rent was suspended, and the Landlord was not permitted to serve a notice of termination for non-payment of rent.