Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 87 handling Landlord & Tenant.
About Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation
Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation is a Toronto firm that represents tenants in landlord and tenant disputes across Ontario. Led by Samuel Mason, the practice offers legal opinions and consultations, demand letters, negotiation and mediation, representation at Landlord and Tenant Board hearings, and appeals to the Divisional Court.
Samuel Mason, the lawyer behind the firm, has also worked as a staff lawyer and clinic instructor at Parkdale Community Legal Services, a community legal clinic in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood that focuses on housing rights. In March 2022, Mason co-wrote an article on Toronto renovictions, published by The Lawyer's Daily, with Cole Webber, a colleague at the clinic, arguing that vigorous representation of tenants at the Landlord and Tenant Board can discourage landlords from misusing renovation-based eviction notices. By August 2024, Mason had six years of experience as a tenant rights lawyer, split between the clinic and the firm, according to CP24.
Practice areas
In the community
- Samuel Mason has served as a clinic instructor at Parkdale Community Legal Services, a Toronto legal clinic in Parkdale that focuses on housing rights.
- The firm's own site links to Toronto news coverage of tenant issues, including CBC, CP24, Toronto Star, and City News stories on bad-faith evictions, rent strikes, and rooming house rules.
- Mason has spoken to CP24 about the legal risks tenants face when they consider a rent strike over unresolved above-guideline rent increases or building maintenance.
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Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is inside the Centre for Social Innovation at 192 Spadina Avenue, a coworking hub for nonprofits and social enterprises. The building, known as the Murray Building, is a 1920s brick-and-beam structure. The Toronto Tool Library, a nonprofit lending library for tools, operates on the ground floor.
The building sits on Spadina Avenue just south of Queen Street West, between Kensington Market and Chinatown, in a stretch of downtown Toronto known for independent shops, restaurants, and creative and nonprofit organizations. A shared workspace built around nonprofits and social enterprises makes a fitting home for a small, tenant-side legal practice.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation represent me at a Landlord and Tenant Board hearing?
- Yes. Landlord and Tenant Board hearing representation is one of the firm's listed services, along with legal opinions, consultations, demand letters, and negotiation or mediation with a landlord.
- What if I lose my case at the Landlord and Tenant Board, can the firm help me appeal?
- Yes. Appeals to the Divisional Court are one of the firm's listed services.
- I'm facing a bad-faith eviction notice from my landlord, does the firm handle this kind of case?
- The firm's own site links to Toronto news coverage of bad-faith evictions, and its listed services include legal opinions, consultations, and demand letters, which can apply to a dispute like this.
- I'm part of a tenant group considering a rent strike, can the firm advise us?
- Samuel Mason has spoken to CP24 about the legal risks of a rent strike, advising tenants to get legal counsel first because landlords can respond aggressively to organizing. That was general commentary Mason gave to the media, not legal advice for a specific building.
- How long has Samuel Mason practiced tenant law?
- As of August 2024, Samuel Mason had six years of experience as a tenant rights lawyer, according to CP24, split between Parkdale Community Legal Services and Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation.
- Where is Tenant Lawyer Professional Corporation located?
- The firm's office is at the Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue in Toronto, a coworking space set in a 1920s heritage building.
Where to find them
Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave - Suite 300, Toronto ON M5T 2C2
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