Can a landlord refuse to negotiate a right of renewal when the landlord has received an assurance that the lease will be renewed?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from International Sausage House v. Hammer, 2015 BCSC 1155 (CanLII):
In Elk Valley v. Video Update, 2000 BCSC 1862 (CanLII), the lease did not contain a right of renewal. The tenant had received an assurance that the lease would be renewed and wrote to the landlord on June 26, 2000, advising it wished to commence negotiation. The landlord ignored the letter and gave a termination letter on September 7, 2000. Mr. Justice Blair found that the landlord’s silence in response to the inquiry had proved detrimental to the tenant because the tenant was precluded from finding another location (at para. 15).
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