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Province Finally Rolls Out 28 Day Tenant Termination Forms

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Province Finally Rolls Out 28 Day Tenant Termination Forms

Story by: Joe Hoffer, Partner  |  Cohen Highley LLP Lawyers

Attached is a link to the new forms which allow tenants to break their leases on 28 days’ notice because of fear of abuse.  Make sure your staff know what these forms are and what to do if they are given one.  Remember, the fines for a breach of the secrecy requirements are up to $100K plus civil liability if a tenant is further harmed as a result of the breach. 

Here is a link to the forms Tenant’s Notice to End my Tenancy Because of Fear of Sexual or Domestic Violence and Abuse Form N15 and Tenant’s Statement About Sexual or Domestic Violence and Abuse

We (Joe Hoffer) are doing a follow up seminar on this for LPMA in London on September 21, 2016, here is a link if you want to register Registration Form

We (Mark Melchers of our Kitchener office) are also doing a presentation to HDAA on September 14, 2016 in Hamilton.  Here is a link if you want to register for that one Registration Form 

For those of you with large numbers of employees we do provide in house training on the risk management strategies for dealing with Bill 132 including OHSA changes.