The applicant, a dismissed teacher, brought human rights complaints against his former employer and various other parties, which were summarily dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
He sought judicial review.
On a motion, a single judge ordered that a lawyer, Lise Leduc, be joined as a respondent but refused to order her recusal as counsel.
Both the applicant and Leduc brought motions to a panel of the Divisional Court to review the single judge's decisions.
The panel held that the single judge lacked jurisdiction to join Leduc as a respondent and quashed that order.
The panel dismissed the applicant's motion to recuse Leduc, finding no conflict of interest, and dismissed his requests for damages and reinstatement for lack of jurisdiction.
