B.C. landlord must pay huge sum to evicted tenant in reno fight

B.C. landlord must pay huge sum to evicted tenant in reno fight

A B.C. landlord challenged an RTB decision in court to avoid paying former tenants over $30,000 in compensation.

Coquitlam landlords' attempt to overturn $12,000 tenant award fails in B.C. Supreme Court – Tri-Cities Dispatch

Creative Commons image A Coquitlam couple who evicted their tenant on the grounds that a family member would move into the suite have failed to convince a judge that a $12,000 compensation award against them was unreasonable or unfair. In a July 11 decision, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Karen Douglas dismissed a petition from Kristyna and Neil Bennett, who had sought to overturn a Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) decision that ruled they failed to…