Picardo v. Grand Melvin Inc., 2013 HRTO 1037

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Rita Picardo

Applicant

-and-

Grand Melvin Inc., Maria Chruchill, Kenneth Churchill, Cindiann Home and Donna Tonn

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Mary Truemner

Date: June 11, 2013

Citation: 2013 HRTO 1037

Indexed as: Picardo v. Grand Melvin Inc.

1This is an Application under s.34 of the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”). The Application is scheduled to be heard on July 4, 2013.

2On February 8, 2013, the Tribunal sent the parties a Notice of Confirmation of Hearing directing them to take certain steps in advance of the hearing. In particular, and among other things, the Notice of Confirmation of Hearing directed the parties to comply with Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure by exchanging with one another and filing with the Tribunal the documents they intended to rely upon at the hearing, a list of their witnesses and a summary of their witnesses’ anticipated evidence by no later than May 17, 2013 (i.e. 45 days before the first scheduled day of hearing).

3The applicant did not provide the respondent or the Tribunal with the materials required under Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure by May 17, 2013.

4Accordingly, in a Case Assessment Direction issued May 29, 2013, the Tribunal directed the applicant to provide the materials required under Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure within seven (7) days, failing which the Application might be dismissed by the Tribunal as abandoned.

5The applicant’s deadline for complying with the Tribunal’s directions has now passed and the applicant has not delivered to the respondent or filed with the Tribunal the materials required pursuant to the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure and/or the May 29, 2013 Case Assessment Direction.

7In the circumstances, it appears that the applicant has abandoned the Application.

ORDER

8The Application is dismissed as abandoned.