Williams v Thakrar

Split/Other wins · Toronto · 2024-08-01

Adjudicator

Peter Nicholson

Dispute

Harassment, Personal Use, Substantial Interference

Notice

Personal use (N12)

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.T., J.T., S.T.

Tenant

D.W., E.K.

Tenant rep

M. Alvi

What happened

Landlord applied to terminate the tenancy and evict the tenants for the purpose of personal use. Tenants applied for an order determining that the landlord substantially interfered with their reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit and harassed, obstructed, coerced, threatened or interfered with them.

The ruling

The landlord's L2 application to terminate the tenancy for personal use was dismissed due to the landlord's failure to pay one month's compensation to the tenants as required. The tenants' T2 application alleging substantial interference and harassment was partially granted, as the landlord's communications in March 2024 were found to threaten or interfere with the tenants. However, the tenants did not establish substantial interference or harassment by the landlord prior to March 2024. The landlord was ordered to pay the tenants $48 for the cost of filing the application.