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Landlord Tenant Services:
Legal Help Serving Cambridge, Stratford, Wilmot, Guelph, and Near You
Last Updated: August 21 2026
Question: When should a landlord or tenant file a matter at the Landlord and Tenant Board in Ontario, and what are the risks of choosing the wrong forum?
Answer: You can get practical guidance from Wennekers.Legal™ on when a dispute should go to the Landlord and Tenant Board versus another court, because choosing the wrong forum can lead to dismissal or losing the ability to restart or redo proceedings. Wennekers.Legal™ helps landlords and tenants understand their rights and responsibilities under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, Chapter 17, and it can prepare the correct Landlord Tenant Board notice and application documents, then negotiate resolution or advocate at hearings with professional legal services. If you need help figuring out the right forum and next steps for your situation, call (647) 701-1162 today.
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Providing Assistance to Landlords
Wennekers.Legal™ provides legal services for landlords as the owners of residential rental properties as well as for property managers as agent acting for the actual landlord. The services available may include document preparation involving the various Landlord Tenant Board forms, dispute resolution negotiations, representation as advocates at Landlord Tenant Board hearings, among other things. In short, Wennekers.Legal™ provides knowledgeable help with the paperwork and administration and professional advocacy that may be required to maintain healthy and rewarding landlord and tenant relationships.
Note: Please contact Wennekers.Legal™ by phone at: (647) 701-1162 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.
Providing Assistance to 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, Wennekers.Legal™ also recognizes that impartial empathy is often necessary to remain focused upon the legal issues and to remain an objective advisor and negotiator. Wennekers.Legal™ 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, Wennekers.Legal™ can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.
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Wennekers.Legal™ provides legal services for Landlord and Tenant Board matters involving Above Guideline Index Rent Increases, Eviction for Unlawful Conduct, and much more, 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.
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