Domenic Severino

The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination and harassment in employment.

She also commenced a civil claim against the respondent for wrongful or constructive dismissal based on the same allegations of harassment, differential treatment, racism, and sexism.

The Tribunal dismissed the application under section 34(11) of the Human Rights Code, finding that the civil claim raised the same facts and issues, and that allowing the application to proceed would risk inconsistent findings and waste resources through duplicative litigation.

The self-represented appellant appealed a summary judgment ordering him to pay a mortgage debt and give up possession of his property.

He argued that he had paid condominium fees, that the respondents wrongly discharged a lien against the property, and that he received no notice of non-renewal of the mortgage.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding no error by the motion judge, noting the mortgage had matured and the respondents properly paid the condominium corporation to satisfy the lien.