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Landlords, Tenants, and Domestic Violence: Landlords’ Power to Terminate Residential Tenancies for Acts of Domestic Violence (and an Argument for Publicly-Accessible RTDRS Reasons for Decisions)

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Landlords, Tenants, and Domestic Violence: Landlords’ Power to Terminate Residential Tenancies for Acts of Domestic Violence (and an Argument for Publicly-Accessible RTDRS Reasons for Decisions) Report Commented On: Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, Domestic Violence: Roles of Landlords and Property Managers The report, Domestic Violence: Roles of Landlords and […]

For Shame: An Obvious and Fundamental Breach of Natural Justice by the Residential Tenancies Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS)

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: For Shame: An Obvious and Fundamental Breach of Natural Justice by the Residential Tenancies Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) Case Commented On: Kerr v Coulombe, 2016 ABQB 11 (CanLII) A tenant, Gary Kerr, showed up for a hearing at the Residential Tenancies Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) in Edmonton. The hearing, […]

Need for Law Reform: Residential Tenancies and Electronic Communication

By: Shaun Fluker and JD students with the Public Interest Law Clinic Legislation Commented On: Residential Tenancies Act, SA 2004, c R-17.1 PDF Version: Need for Law Reform: Residential Tenancies and Electronic Communication The Public Interest Law Clinic has an ongoing law reform project file on residential tenancies. During the Winter 2024 semester, the Clinic […]

Another Trap for Unwary Alberta Residential Tenants: Short, Rigid Appeal Periods

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton Case Commented On: Afolabi v Wexcel Realty Management Ltd, 2023 ABKB 68 (CanLII)  PDF Version: Another Trap for Unwary Alberta Residential Tenants: Short, Rigid Appeal Periods I have written before about the difficulties tenants face when trying to exercise their right to appeal orders granted by the Tenancy Dispute Officers (TDOs) […]

Who is Responsible for Damage to Rental Premises Caused by Mouse Infestations – and Why?

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton Case Considered: Hometime Property Services Ltd v Girumnesh, 2022 ABPC 172 (CanLII) PDF Version: Who is Responsible for Damage to Rental Premises Caused by Mouse Infestations – and Why? The plaintiff, a corporate landlord, sued the defendant, their former residential tenant, for almost $8,000 in damages plus costs, claiming the rental […]