Part of the reason why my landlord/tenant case was so difficult to deal with was because the former Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal was a new agency when I went there and they had a new system which was quite different than before.... As far as I know, the cases had been handled in the regular courts earlier...? But it was promoted in the news that clients of the ORHT didn't need to have lawyers representing them unless they wished to...? Also, a new law called "The Tenant Protection Act" included human rights offenses which had normally been handled by the Ontario Human Rights Commission.... That change alone was extremely significant and the OHRC had not uncommonly taken a number of years to investigate and rule on their cases.
If a person can possibly get a lawyer to help them, it's always preferable to make use of them, in my opinion.... And especially where a human rights case of sexual harassment in housing was involved, a lawyer would've been invaluable.... It would've needed to be a lawyer who specialized in human rights or sexual harassment, however.... Lawyers, just like doctors, usually have their field of expertise and experience....
Needless to say, I didn't have any particular lawyer representing me at the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal.... Before the hearing, I got some free advice from a legal clinic but we didn't cover the human rights matter at all.... Later, I also made use of free clinics but it wasn't the same as having a lawyer represent me....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment