Agricultural Law NetLetter - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - Issue 340

HIGHLIGHTS

* A Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench has upheld the decision of a hearing officer appointed under the Saskatchewan Residential Tenancies Act in which the hearing officer concluded that she did not have jurisdiction to issue an order for possession because the tenant living on rented property was also engaged in farming that property. The tenant testified that he raised sheep, goats and a few cows for meat production on a property that included 40 acres of pasture land. The Court concluded that there was no grounds to interfere with the hearing officer's decision. (Liu v Betham, CALN/2016-002, [2016] S.J. No. 9, Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan)

NEW CASE LAW

Liu v Betham;