In Blair v. Robert Cooke Co-operative Homes Inc. (Ont Div Ct, 2025) the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed an RTA appeal, this from an LTB order "ending the occupancy of the appellant in a co-op unit at the respondent co-operative (the Co-op) for failure to pay the regular monthly housing charges."
Here the court comments on ZOOM protocol:
[15] The appellant submits that at the LTB hearing the Member wrongly required the muting of microphones. This is not necessarily unfair in a Zoom hearing, where background noise can be distracting. The Member said, at the beginning of the hearing, that all parties should keep their microphones muted until it was their turn to speak. The appellant has not shown that the appellant was prevented from speaking when appropriate as a result of muting. The appellant also noted the Member getting water and mentioning construction noise, which were not inappropriate.
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[17] The appellant also submits that in one instance, the Member spoke privately to the respondent. This has not been shown on the transcripts. The Member did permit the respondent and its counsel to speak privately in a breakout room without anyone else present. This is a routine way of permitting a privileged conversation in a Zoom hearing.
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