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RTA - Support Persons

. Steubing v. Drewlo Holdings Inc.

In Steubing v. Drewlo Holdings Inc. (Ont Div Ct, 2025) the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed a tenant's RTA s.210 appeal, here from "a Motion to Set Aside Order ... [which] terminated the tenancy ..." and the subsequent dismissed LTB review.

This is an RTA s.78(11) non-payment case [See 'Enforceable-Order-to-Eviction "Catch-Up Payment" and Tenant's One-Time Motion to Set Aside Eviction Order' - http://www.isthatlegal.ca/index.php?name=termination_non-payment.tenant_law_ontario#Enforceable-Order-to-Eviction%20Catch-Up%20Payment%20and%20Tenant's%20One-Time%20Motion%20to%20Set%20Aside%20Eviction%20Order].

Here the court considered the LTB Practice Direction respecting 'support persons' ['Practice Direction on Representation before the Landlord and Tenant Board']:

[32] The LTB’s Practice Direction on Representation before the Landlord and Tenant Board makes provision for a support person that distinguishes this role from representatives or witnesses as follows:

Support Persons

A support person, such as a family member, friend or social worker, may attend a hearing or mediation with a party or witness to sit with and assist the person participating in the proceeding. Such a support person is not considered a representative, so long as they do not make submissions on the party's behalf. If a party wants their support person to testify at the hearing, they should inform the LTB at the beginning of the hearing. If a support person is testifying, they may be considered a witness and may be excluded from the hearing until they testify.