- Parties: The appellant landlord was Langsford Casiechitty. The respondent tenants were Anila Imran, Abeer Imran, and Nabeel Imran. 

- Subject Matter: The Landlord and Tenant Board heard four combined applications of both the landlord and the tenants. The Board found that the landlord failed to meet his maintenance obligations and that both sides breached Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 by harassing the other side. The Board ordered a $10,000 rent abatement for the tenants, which meant that the landlord had to pay them $926.50 after accounting for rent arrears. The Board dismissed the landlord’s request to review its order. The landlord appealed the Board’s orders. 

- Ruling: The court ruled in the respondents’ favour and dismissed the appeal. The court saw no denial of procedural fairness. The court found it reasonable for the Board, by the third day, to insist on moving along the matter, given the resources already spent on the case and given the inefficiency in the proceeding. The Board’s refusal to dismiss the tenants’ applications for lack of detail fell within its discretion, the court said. The Board made no error in principle by allowing the applications to proceed, the court added. 

- Date: The court released its decision on Dec. 4, 2024. 

- Venue: This was a case before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice - Divisional Court. 

- Amount: The court awarded no costs. The court noted that the tenant did not claim costs, given that she represented herself and received free advice from a legal clinic.