How to watch LTB hearings from anywhere

There will be a high profile eviction hearing tomorrow (Aug 13, 2021 at 9 am) at the LTB in Zoom Room 130 (YWCA Toronto case).

Link to the hearing: https://bit.ly/ZLTBVideo130 

Anybody can listen in from anywhere.

The same links can be re-used throughout the day and on other days, too. If you want to try different rooms, you can simply play with the last 2 digits of the links, e.g. between 100 and 130.

Alternatively, you could send an email to LTB@ontario.ca asking for a list of Zoom / MS Teams links for the week for observing L2 hearings (for example).

Watching hearings can help get a "feel" for the process and find out more about different styles of different adjudicators and legal representatives over time.

How does it work?

1) Copy and paste the link into your browser on a business day between 9 am and 4 pm (though it's not that uncommon for hearings to continue way past 5 pm). Please note that Monday hearings are usually limited to afternoon sessions (from 1 pm), while Friday hearings are usually limited to morning sessions.

2) You could click on "Open Zoom Launcher", but you could also click on "Cancel" and then click on "Join from Browser" ("Joining from Browser" helps you listen to multiple hearings in multiple tabs or multiple windows at once, if you wish).

3) When prompted to join the hearing, put your name down as "Observer" (this helps moderators and adjudicators skip you over when they are searching for specific parties).

4) Make sure your microphone is on mute.

5) Do not use the chat function.

6) If the link takes you to a Moderator (instead of direct link to hearing), the Moderator will eventually send you to any breakout room with active hearings. But if you want to be assigned to a specific breakout room (e.g. perhaps you want to check out specific adjudicator or legal representative), add the room number to your name, e.g. "Observer - Room 1".

7) If you want to be able to trace the hearing to a ruling that the Board would issue later, it's a good idea to write down the File Number (adjudicators pronounce it for the record at the beginning of every hearing) as well as time / date and perhaps the room number, adjudicator, address of the unit and parties. This can help request the order later and / or request a recording of the hearing from the Board (since it is prohibited for participants or observers to record without the Board's permission).

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions.

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