Muralitharan v Ghumman

Tenant wins · Brampton · 2021-03-12

Adjudicator

Douglas Wilkins

Dispute

Non-payment of Rent

Notice

Non-payment of rent (N4)

Landlord

J.M., L.M., M.T.

Tenant

J.G., K.G.

Landlord rep

James Hill

What happened

Landlords applied for an order to terminate the tenancy and evict Tenants due to failure to pay rent. The application was filed after serving a valid Notice to End Tenancy Early for Non-payment of Rent (N4 Notice), which the Tenants disputed the validity of.

The ruling

The Landlord's application was dismissed without prejudice due to the invalid N4 notice. The rent increase from $2,000 to $2,100 was found to be unlawful, and the Tenants were entitled to raise this issue despite the 1-year limitation period.