The appellants, university students, rented a unit from the respondent university.
The university refused to renew their lease solely because they kept cats, relying on a tenancy termination agreement signed at the start of the lease.
The university claimed an exemption under the regulations allowed them to enforce the termination agreement.
The Court of Appeal held that while the university is exempt from the prohibition against requiring termination agreements at the time of leasing, it cannot use such agreements solely to enforce a 'no pets' policy, which is explicitly prohibited by the Tenant Protection Act.
The appeal was allowed.
