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Pita Royale Inc. v. Buckingham Properties Inc. 2019 Ont CA

A landlord cannot terminate a lease (by way of locking out a tenant or otherwise) and then distrain. The remedies are mutually exclusive. The landlord was liable for conversion of the tenant’s chattels and $10,000 in punitive damages.

Written by Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices.