Grant Bell v. Greenwood Aggregates Limited and John Samuel Greenwood, 2014 HRTO 259

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Grant Bell

Applicant

-and-

Greenwood Aggregates Limited and John Samuel Greenwood

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel

Date: February 25, 2014

Citation: 2014 HRTO 259

Indexed as: Bell v. Greenwood Aggregates Limited

1On April 22, 2013, the applicant filed an Application alleging discrimination under the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended.

2On October 7, 2013 the Tribunal issued a Notice of Mediation to the parties confirming that mediation of the Application would take place on January 22, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. at 655 Bay Street, 14^th Floor, Toronto, Ontario. The Notice was mailed to the applicant at the address provided in the Application. It was not returned as undeliverable.

3Both parties failed to attend the mediation on January 22, 2014, and did not communicate with the Tribunal to explain their failure to attend.

4On January 27, 2014, the Tribunal wrote the applicant directing him to advise the Tribunal of his intentions with respect to the Application. The letter warned the applicant that a failure to respond in writing by February 6, 2014 might be deemed an abandonment of the Application.

5As of the date of this Decision the applicant has not responded to the Tribunal and the Tribunal’s correspondence to the applicant has not been returned.

6In these circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application and the Application is dismissed.