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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2022
Variation 7.1. Rental agreement (I)
Valla owns a piece of land, which is unfenced. She concludes a rental agreement with Olaf, who starts to live on her land in accordance with the agreement. Olaf stops paying rent to Valla and continues to live on the land. This situation continues for 30 years without Valla objecting to it. Upon her return one week after the completion of this 30-year period Valla institutes proceedings to eject Olaf from her land.
Variation 7.2. Rental agreement (II)
See Variation 7.1. There is no fence between Valla’s land and the neighbouring piece of land, which belongs to Sellina. Olaf, who diligently pays rent, starts using a part of Sellina’s land just beyond the actual boundary of Valla’s land and erects a fence around this part and the rest of Valla’s land. After 30 years since the erection of the fence, Sellina institutes proceedings to eject Olaf from the part beyond the boundary of Valla’s land.
KEY ISSUES
VARIATION 7.1.
The reporters must examine whether a tenant can acquire their landlord’s land through long-term use after s/he stopped paying the rent.
VARIATION 7.2.
In addition to Variation 1.1., this case raises the issue of whether a tenant’s unlawful use of a piece of land that is adjacent to the rented land and not owned by their landlord may result in an acquisition through long-term use, either by the tenant or the landlord.
ALBERTA, CANADA
OPERATIVE RULES
Variation 7.1.
In Canada, a tenant’s failure to pay rent does not automatically result in the termination of the lease, but merely gives the landlord a choice between enforcing the lease and bringing the estate to an end by retaking possession of the demised property, provided that payment of rent is made a condition of the lease. In the case of a tenancy governed by Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act, the landlord’s right to terminate the lease, even for non-payment of rent, is restricted and subject to approval by the courts. While the lease is in force, the tenant’s possession is lawful and not adverse, and the clock does not run against the landlord.
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