Cases Considered: Botar v. Mainstreet Equity Corp., 2007 ABQB 608
PDF Version: A Tenant’s Right to Withhold Payment of Rent
This appeal illustrates how difficult it can be to evict a residential tenant who has not paid rent for the better part of a year. It also illustrates how well a self-represented litigant can do in the superior courts, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in this case.