Law360 Canada ( October 6, 2026, 9:35 AM EDT) -- Appeal by Sparling and Sutcliffe from the dismissal of their judicial review petition. Since September 2022, Zheng issued Sparling and Sutcliffe six notices to end their tenancy “for landlord’s use of property” and a seventh for “cause.” A Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) arbitrator upheld the sixth landlord’s use notice. The arbitrator found Zheng’s May 2025 cancer diagnosis represented a material change in circumstances and accepted he genuinely intended to occupy the rental unit for good faith reasons related to his diagnosis and treatment. She therefore upheld Notice six and made an order of possession in favour of Zheng. Sparling and Sutcliffe’s subsequent applications for RTB review and judicial review were dismissed. They submitted the chambers judge erred in failing to find the arbitrator’s decision was patently unreasonable. More specifically, they said the arbitrator erred in her application of the good faith test under s. 49(3) of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA), reversed the burden of proof for establishing good faith, failed to grapple with material evidence, and failed to address their issue estoppel and abuse of process arguments....