What is the test for ending a long-term tenancy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Potherat v Slobodian, 2021 BCSC 1536 (CanLII):
Recently, in Furtado v. Maasanen, 2020 BCSC 1340 Madam Justice Murray held that “if evidence of extenuating circumstances is presented, the adjudicator must consider it to determine whether those circumstances prevented the landlord from accomplishing … the stated purpose for ending the tenancy”, (para. 32).
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