Li v. Hu

Landlord wins · 2015-11-17

Adjudicator

Swinton J.

Dispute

Illegal Lockout, Tenant-initiated Termination

Amount

$10-20K

Landlord

Q.L.

Tenant

C.H.

Landlord rep

Elena E. Mazinani

Tenant rep

Glenroy K. Bastien

What happened

Tenant appealed Landlord and Tenant Board orders dismissing his application claiming illegal lockout. The Board found the tenant had abandoned the unit and the landlord changed locks after abandonment. The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no error of law in the Board's decision.

The ruling

The Divisional Court dismissed the tenant's appeal of the Landlord and Tenant Board orders. The Court found no error of law in the Board's decision to dismiss the tenant's application as vexatious. The tenant was ordered to pay $10,000 plus HST in costs to the landlord.