Last Updated: August 22 2026
What should a tenant or landlord in Ontario do if they receive the wrong Landlord and Tenant Board notice or file in the wrong forum?
Lippa Legal Services can help you choose the correct forum and prepare the right Landlord Tenant Board documents if a dispute involves evictions for causing damage or unlawful conduct under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17, and avoid dismissal or losing the ability to restart proceedings. If you filed (or are responding) in the wrong place, we’ll review your situation, confirm where your issue must be heard, and help with negotiation or representation at the Landlord Tenant Board where appropriate. Call (416) 241-4529 to discuss your matter today.
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Helping Landlords
Lippa Legal Services helps landlords to understand the various rights and responsibilities owed to the tenant as well as the rights and responsibilities as are owed to the landlord. In a legal dispute, Lippa Legal Services provides services that may include document preparation for the various Landlord Tenant Board documents such as the applicable Notice and Application forms as well as resolution negotiations, representation at Landlord Tenant Board hearings, and other concerns. In short, Lippa Legal Services provides legal help for many of the various dispute issues that may commonly, or uniquely, arise within a landlord and tenant relationship.
Note: Please contact Lippa Legal Services by phone at: (416) 241-4529 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.
Helping Tenants
Home is where the heart is, being where your fondest memories are established. Of course, 'home' means something unique to everyone and these special feelings are recognized. With this said, Lippa Legal Services also recognizes that impartial empathy is often necessary to remain focused upon the legal issues and to remain an objective advisor and negotiator. Lippa Legal Services helps tenants to resolve disputes by first reviewing the facts and issues and then by working to negotiate a resolution with the landlord. If resolution is evasive, Lippa Legal Services can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.
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Lippa Legal Services provides legal services for Landlord and Tenant Board matters involving Unruly Tenants, or Unruly Landlord, and other concerns, as issues common to concerns governed by the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, Chapter 17. With this said, sometimes when a dispute involves a residential landlord and tenant, certain issues must proceed at the Landlord Tenant Board. The failure to bring specific issues into the proper forum may cause a dismissal the proceedings. It is also possible that when a dispute is brought into the wrong forum, the right to a redo or a restart of proceedings in the proper forum is lost. Accordingly, choosing the proper forum is imperative. With other cases, such as commercial tenancy disputes, the issues are always beyond the jurisdiction of the Landlord Tenant Board and must be pursued in the Superior Court depending on the legal issues involved.
NOTE: A significant quantity of online searches like “lawyers near me” or “best lawyer in” typically indicates a desire for prompt and skilled legal assistance rather than pointing to a particular title. In Ontario, “licensed paralegals” fall under the same regulatory body as lawyers, the Law Society, and have the authority to represent clients in specific litigation cases. Advocacy, legal evaluation, and procedural expertise are fundamental aspects of this role. Lippa Legal Services offers legal representation within its licensed framework, focusing on strategic placement, evidence preparation, and compelling advocacy aimed at securing effective and advantageous outcomes for clients.
