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Simon Pollard v. Lakeridge Resort Limited, 2011 HRTO 972

May 19, 2011

Simon Pollard v. Lakeridge Resort Limited, 2011 HRTO 972

Case Summary

The applicant filed an application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code. The Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss (NOID) because the application appeared to be outside its jurisdiction. The applicant failed to respond to the NOID by the specified deadline. Consequently, the Tribunal deemed the application abandoned and dismissed it.

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Simon Pollard

Applicant

-and-

Lakeridge Resort Limited

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: David A. Wright

Date: May 19, 2011

Citation: 2011 HRTO 972

Indexed as: Pollard v. Lakeridge Resort Limited

[1] The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended, on January 26, 2011.

[2] On March 29, 2011, the Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the Application (“NOID”) on the basis that the Application appears to be outside the Tribunal’s power to decide. The applicant was directed to respond to the issues raised in the NOID by no later than April 29, 2011. The NOID advised the applicant that failure to respond to the NOID may be considered an abandonment of the Application and it might be dismissed for that reason.

[3] The applicant has not responded to the NOID and the time for doing so has now passed.

[4] In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application.

[5] The Application is dismissed.

Dated at Toronto, this 19^th day of May, 2011.

“Signed by”

David A. Wright

Associate Chair