Rowan-Carroll v Evans

Tenant wins · Ottawa · 2025-05-08

Adjudicator

Panagiotis Peter Roupas

Dispute

Persistent Late Payment, Utilities

Notice

Persistent late payment (N8)

Landlord

A.R., C.C.

Tenant

R.E.

What happened

The Landlords applied to terminate the tenancy and evict the Tenant for persistent late payment of rent and sought compensation for unpaid utility costs. The Landlords served an N8 notice alleging late payments for seven months starting in June 2024. However, the Adjudicator found the notice to be legally insufficient because it was too vague and lacked the specific dates and details required for the Tenant to understand the case against them.

The ruling

The application for eviction and payment of utility expenses is dismissed. The Landlords' N8 notice for persistent late payment was ruled invalid because it did not provide specific dates for the late payments, thereby failing to meet the legal standard of detail required to inform the tenant of the case against them.