there were three motions scheduled for today; i wanted a stay for a judicial review of the eviction, and i was responding to a motion to declare the lawyer vexatious, whereas they were trying to quash the application and the review, and prevent me from filing further in court.

i don't think either of us will be declared vexatious. that was what i actually wanted.

the motion to quash wasn't heard because it wasn't confirmed.

the only thing seriously heard was the stay motion, and i don't know whether i got it or not, but it means the appeal is safe, regardless, and that, even if i can't get a stay on the review, the stay on the appeal should allow both the appeal and the review to move forward, in the absence of the quash.

the justice might throw the whole thing out, but i doubt it.

it looks like i'm safe for the winter.

i think.

the justice appeared to acknowledge that evicting me without compensating me would be absurd, which is what the adjudicator didn't do because he was an asshole. i suspect that if the justice does cancel all of this then she will give me sufficient notice and perhaps some amount of compensation, which is in some way sufficient as it will allow me to plan an escape route, which is what i'm not currently able to do. this is what i thought would happen in the first place, that the board would say "there's no serious grounds for eviction, but the tenancy is toxic, so jessica should be given some amount of money to leave, and that'll be that.", and i would have in fact accepted that. that would be improper, technically, because the quash motion was cancelled, but she might claim discretion.

worst case, i think, is that i get ordered out for jan 1st or feb 1st.

but i suspect this is going to a hearing in april, rather than november, and i think she might give me costs, which would help a lot.