The respondents, a group of neighbours, obtained an injunction from the Superior Court restraining the landlords from operating an illegal rooming house.
When the landlords failed to evict the tenants through the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal, the neighbours obtained a Superior Court order requiring the tenants to vacate the premises.
The tenants appealed, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, holding that the Tenant Protection Act confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Tribunal to terminate residential tenancies and evict tenants, thereby ousting the Superior Court's jurisdiction to make such an order.
