Evictly

Virtue v Lawrence

Tenant wins · London · 2021-10-07

Adjudicator
E. Patrick Shea
Dispute
Illegal Act
Notice
N5, N6
Landlord
H.V.
Tenant
S.L.
Landlord rep
Thomas Schoenleber
Tenant rep
Betsy Esbaugh

What happened

Landlord applied to terminate the tenancy and evict Tenant due to Tenant placing a blow-up pool in the back yard, which the Landlord claimed violated the City of London's Swimming Pool Fence By-law.

The ruling

The application is dismissed. The Landlord failed to establish that the pool placed by the Tenant violated the applicable municipal by-law, so the placement of the pool did not constitute a substantial interference or illegal act.