Liu v Wang

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2025-12-10

Adjudicator

Carrie Bertrand

Dispute

Personal Use

Notice

Personal use (N12)

Landlord

J.L.

Tenant

J.W., H.L.

Tenant rep

Stefan Juzkiw

What happened

The Landlord applied to terminate the tenancy for personal use. During the hearing, a preliminary issue was raised regarding the validity of the N12 notice because it failed to specifically identify the rental unit as the 'basement' unit, only providing the municipal address of the entire building. Additionally, issues regarding the method of service and whether compensation was properly paid were raised by the Tenants' legal representative.

The ruling

The Landlord's application for eviction based on an N12 notice for personal use was dismissed. The notice was found to be legally invalid because it failed to specify that it applied to the 'basement' unit of the property, which is a mandatory requirement for identifying the rental unit under the Residential Tenancies Act.