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Setting Aside Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Orders for Problems with Service: It Can’t Be Done

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Setting Aside Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Orders for Problems with Service: It Can’t Be Done Case Commented On: Abougouche v Miller, 2015 ABQB 724 (CanLII) As the recently-appointed Master in Chambers, James R. … Continue reading →

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Expensive, Complex Appeals from Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Orders

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton      PDF Version: Expensive, Complex Appeals from Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Orders Case Commented On: Nee v Ayre & Oxford Inc, 2015 ABQB 402 (CanLII) The decision by Justice Donald Lee in Nee v Ayre & … Continue reading →

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Constraining a Landlord’s Ability to Terminate a Residential Tenancy by Raising the Rent

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Constraining a Landlord’s Ability to Terminate a Residential Tenancy by Raising the Rent Case commented on: Milner’s Aloha Mobile Home Park (1998) Ltd v Jenkins, 2014 ABQB 229 (CanLII) This is an important decision … Continue reading →

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Tenant Cannot Unilaterally Withhold Rent Because of Unsanitary Living Conditions

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Nickie Nikolaou

Case Considered: Herman v. Boardwalk Rental Communities, 2011 ABQB 394  Introduction Questions often arise about whether a tenant can refuse to pay rent because of something the landlord has or has not done, or because of the condition of the … Continue reading →

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Vindication of a Residential Tenant’s Rights – At Least Temporarily

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Vindication of a Residential Tenant’s Rights – At Least Temporarily Case Commented On: Lautner v Searle, 2011 ABQB 263 This very short decision by Master Walter H. Breitkreuz, Q.C., is about an unjustified and … Continue reading →

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