Trudy Morse v. Naylor Group Inc. and Comfact Skills on Demand Corporation, 2015 HRTO 238

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Trudy Morse

Applicant

-and-

Naylor Group Inc. and Comfact Skills on Demand Corporation

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Sheri D. Price Date: February 26, 2015 Citation: 2015 HRTO 238 Indexed as: Morse v. Naylor Group 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 March 6, 2015.

2On October 8, 2014, the Tribunal sent the parties a Notice of Hearing directing them to take certain steps in advance of the hearing. In particular, and among other things, the Notice of Hearing directed the parties to comply with Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure (the "Rules") by exchanging with one another and filing with the Tribunal the documents they intended to rely upon at the hearing and a summary of their witnesses' anticipated evidence by no later than January 20, 2015.

3The applicant did not provide the Tribunal with the materials required under the Tribunal's Rules by the January 20, 2015 deadline.

4Accordingly, in a February 9, 2015 Case Assessment Direction ("CAD"), the Tribunal directed the applicant to provide the required materials to the respondent and the Tribunal by no later than February 17, 2015.

5In its CAD, the Tribunal warned the applicant that there were serious consequences for the case if she did not comply with the Tribunal's directions. In particular, the Tribunal's CAD advised the applicant that if she failed to comply with her pre-hearing disclosure requirements or to communicate with the Tribunal at all about her case by February 17, 2015, her Application might be dismissed as abandoned and the March 6, 2015 hearing cancelled.

6It is now past the applicant's deadline for complying with the Tribunal's directions and the applicant has not filed the required materials with the Tribunal, nor has she communicated with the Tribunal.

7In the circumstances, it appears that the applicant has abandoned the Application. Accordingly, the Application is dismissed as abandoned and the March 6, 2015 hearing cancelled.

ORDER

8The Application is dismissed as abandoned.