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 Scales of Justice

I won/assisted in more than ten successful Residential Tenancy Branch Dispute Resolution disputes and reviews. This is what I did: (Don't ask 'why' - explanations will take too long.)

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  • Did not use the online application form.  File in person with your paperwork in hand.

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  • Used additional sheets for text.  e.g,  wrote, “See attached pages 1 through 7”

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  • My adverse party filed paperwork.  Therefore, I provided written “submission” replies in the form of a spreadsheet or “Word table in landscape format, quoting facts and legal precedents (also called “authorities”, with page and paragraph references.) ï‚· Did not use the optional Monetary Order Form.

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  • Uploaded evidence in video form, with annotations.

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  • Always used Registered Mail. Never relied on personal service of documents.

SEE WHAT I'VE WON, SO FAR:
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  • Got the landlord's 2-month eviction and 1-month eviction notices cancelled.  RTB files #866984,  #31022471,  #31021367,  #31021691

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  • Arbitrator put landlord on notice for sec.95 Administrative Penalties ($5K/day)  #31027213 pg. 5:  “As a note, the Landlord is now on notice that continued noncompliance with the Act may result in Administrative Penalties being recommended”

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WHO NEEDS HELP, IN MY OPINION, AND WHY:

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  • Renters or landlords lacking photo-image cropping, video-making, skills and resources.

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  • Renters or landlords may need to “capture” better evidence, e.g. phone calls

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  • Renters or landlords with video may over 16MB and inexplicably fail to upload to the RTB's Dispute Access website

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  • Renters or landlords might lose key evidence before getting to upload it.

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My own experience with British Columbia's RTB proceedings:
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  • The BC Residential Tenancy Branch's intake system is much more efficient, and accessible, than the BC Small Claims Court process.

  • The arbitrators usually write-up just (righteous) decisions and reviews.

  • The RTB answers emails efficiently.

  • I learned an awful lot of real-world information by talking to Metro Vancouver landlords and tenants, who were standing in the hallway before RTB offices opened.

About Me:

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  • My cell phone:   (778) 697-nine-five-six-seven

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  • My email (I only check weekly): style + r + free + domm - last “m”  @ ”gee-mail” dot com

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  • I am a retired paralegal (a "pit bull" according to a legal magazine) who wants to assist a tenant or landlord. Why? I also earn good karma, Law of Gratitude "points", whenever I help someone.

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  • What I can tell you - not legal advice - there are fuzzy kinks in the RTB dispute resolution procedure, and forms, which trip up careless applicants.

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  • Good news for tenants: There are a handful of renters who actually got their landlords to pay e.g. for loss of quiet enjoyment .. search the RTB decisions database.

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  • If you're contacting me for help, please describe your problem with document dates, especially if you were served with an Eviction Notice (there are tight deadlines for filing.)

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  • Disclosure. I once owned rental properties and am a former member of Western New York Real Estate Investors Assn.

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  • MY OPINION ABOUT British Columbia's Residential Tenancy Act. This statute and its regulations and guidelines are very good. However, first-timers will likely miss the other relief available to tenants, so read the Act, regulations, and decisions. Use Canlii.org also. The dispute resolution process required hard evidence to win; I did't rely on verbal presentation. I won through hard work, video-editing software, a capable cell phone, like a Note4 running on the old, but reliable, Android 5.0.1.

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