THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Baumann v. Aarti Investments Ltd., 2018 BCSC 636

On April 6th, 2018, the Supreme Court of British Columbia stated the following in regards to evicting tenants so renovations can be completed:

“As held in Berry and Kloet, the rationale behind s. 49(6) of the Act is to ensure that landlords can carry out renovations. It is inconsistent with this underlying principle to permanently end a tenancy where the tenant is agreeable to vacating the premises for the duration of the repairs. Termination of the tenancy must be the only manner in which to effect the repairs: Berry and Kloet at paras. 22– 23.” (p.31)

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View reasons for the judgment in their entirety  here.