The landlords appealed a Landlord and Tenant Board decision finding that the Residential Tenancies Act applied to the tenants' rooming house tenancies and awarding damages for an illegal lockout.
The landlords argued the LTB erred by allowing them to be represented by an unlicensed friend, by permitting tenants to hear each other's evidence, and by classifying one of the appellants as a landlord.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the appellants were responsible for their choice of representative, that parties have a right to hear evidence, and that the classification of a landlord is an unappealable question of mixed fact and law.
