The self-represented applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination by a university professor.
Prior to the hearing, the applicant filed a request to withdraw the application after learning the Tribunal would not contact witnesses on his behalf.
The respondents objected and requested the application be dismissed for failure to establish a prima facie case and for abuse of process, citing the applicant's failure to comply with disclosure rules and Tribunal orders regarding an audiotape.
The Tribunal denied the respondents' requests, finding the allegations would establish a prima facie case if true, and that the self-represented applicant's procedural failures did not amount to an abuse of process warranting dismissal.
The Tribunal granted the applicant's request to withdraw.