The applicant sought reconsideration of a decision dismissing his human rights applications as abandoned.
The applications were dismissed after the applicant failed to file hearing documents and did not respond to a Case Assessment Direction.
The applicant argued he did not intend to abandon the applications, explaining that his paralegal representative had ceased acting for him without notifying the Tribunal, and that he had not received the Tribunal's communications.
The Tribunal granted the reconsideration request, finding that the applicant likely relied to his detriment on his representative and did not intend to abandon the proceeding, as evidenced by his attendance at the Tribunal on the scheduled hearing date.
