Both sides of the tenancy.
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A licensed paralegal can file LTB applications, serve notices correctly, prepare your evidence, and represent you at the hearing — for both landlords and tenants. Point Duty handles the full range of Landlord and Tenant Board matters in Ontario, from a landlord's N4 and L1 through a tenant's T2, T5, and T6 applications.
Point Duty represents landlords and tenants before the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board — from a landlord’s application to recover rent to a tenant’s claim for repairs or a bad-faith eviction. We take the side we’re on seriously, and we tell you plainly where you stand before you spend a dollar defending it.
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You own the property.
Recover unpaid rent, end a tenancy for cause or for your own use, or apply to raise rent above the guideline — with notices and applications that survive scrutiny.
- Form N4 → L1Non-Payment of Rent
- Form N5 / N6 / N7 → L2Eviction for Cause
- Form N12 → L2Landlord's Own Use (N12)
- Form L5Above-Guideline Increase
You call it home.
Hold a landlord to their repair obligations, answer an eviction, recover an illegal rent increase, or claim compensation for a bad-faith eviction.
- Form T2Tenant Rights (T2)
- Form T6Maintenance & Repairs (T6)
- Form T5Bad-Faith Eviction (T5)
- Form T1Illegal Rent Increase
Every matter we handle
8 matters · LTB- Form N4 → L1Landlord ▸
Non-Payment of Rent
The most common landlord application. Serve the N4 notice, then file the L1 to evict for arrears and recover the rent the tenant owes.
Read the overview - Form N5 / N6 / N7 → L2Landlord ▸
Eviction for Cause
Ending a tenancy for conduct — damage, interference with other tenants, overcrowding, illegal acts, or serious safety problems — through the right notice and an L2 application.
Read the overview - Form N12 → L2Landlord ▸
Landlord's Own Use (N12)
Ending a tenancy because the landlord, a close family member, or a purchaser genuinely intends to move into the unit — with the compensation and good-faith requirements the Act demands.
Read the overview - Form L5Landlord ▸
Above-Guideline Increase
Applying to raise rent beyond the provincial guideline to recover the cost of major capital work or extraordinary increases in municipal taxes or security costs.
Read the overview - Form T2◂ Tenant
Tenant Rights (T2)
Holding a landlord to account for illegal entry, harassment, withholding vital services, changing the locks, or substantially interfering with your reasonable enjoyment of your home.
Read the overview - Form T6◂ Tenant
Maintenance & Repairs (T6)
Forcing a landlord to meet their repair obligations — pests, mould, broken heating, leaks, and disrepair — and recovering an abatement for the time you lived with it.
Read the overview - Form T5◂ Tenant
Bad-Faith Eviction (T5)
Compensation when a landlord moved you out on an N12 or N13 — claiming own use, sale, or renovation — that turned out not to be genuine.
Read the overview - Form T1◂ Tenant
Illegal Rent Increase
Recovering rent you overpaid when a landlord raised the rent above the guideline, too soon, or without proper notice.
Read the overview
How an Ontario eviction actually works.
Notice, deadline, application, hearing, order, enforcement — the steps are fixed, and a misstep at any one of them sends you back to the start. Our plain-language walkthrough covers the sequence, the realistic timeline, and what to expect at a virtual hearing.
What does a paralegal do at the Landlord and Tenant Board?
- A paralegal prepares and files the correct application, makes sure notices and service meet the Residential Tenancies Act, assembles the evidence, and represents you at the hearing — which is usually held by video — so you don't have to argue the case yourself.
Can a paralegal represent both landlords and tenants?
- Yes. Licensed Ontario paralegals act for landlords and tenants at the LTB — though not on opposite sides of the same dispute. Point Duty takes files from either side and frames the matter for whichever party it represents.
How long does an LTB hearing take to be scheduled?
- Scheduling varies with the Board's caseload and the type of application. Non-payment matters and urgent tenant applications generally move faster than complex cause or above-guideline cases. Filing a complete, error-free application is the single biggest factor in avoiding delay.
Are LTB hearings held in person or online?
- Most Landlord and Tenant Board hearings are now held by video or telephone. A paralegal can appear on your behalf at a virtual hearing, present your documents, and respond to the other side without you needing to attend in person.
Point Duty represents landlords and tenants at LTB hearings serving Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, Oshawa, Newmarket, Orangeville, and all of Ontario.
Know your position before the hearing.
Whichever side you’re on, the outcome is shaped early — by the notice, the deadline, and the evidence. Take twenty minutes to talk it through. The first call is free, confidential, and without obligation.