HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Selma Laghrissi
Applicant
-and-
L’Occitane Canada Corp.
Respondent
DECISION
Adjudicator: Laurie Letheren
Indexed as: Laghrissi v. L’Occitane Canada Corp.
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Selma Laghrissi, Applicant
Self-represented
L’Occitane Canada Corp., Respondent
Kimberly D. Pepper, Counsel
INTRODUCTION
1This Application is scheduled to be heard in Toronto on April 15 and 16, 2015.
2A Notice of Hearing was sent to the parties on November 14, 2014. The Notice set dates for disclosure and production of documents pursuant to the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure. The Notice of Hearing directed the parties that by March 2, 2015 they were to deliver witness statements, the list of the documents they intend to rely and a copy of those documents to the other party and then file copies of the documents they will rely on, the witness statements and a completed Statement of Delivery (Form 23) with the HRTO.
3In Interim Decision 2015 HRTO 406, the Tribunal noted that the parties had not complied with the directions to prepare and deliver the witness statements and documents and that the March 2, 2015 deadline had passed.
4The Tribunal made the following order in this Interim Decision:
By no later than April 7, 2015, the applicant and the respondent must prepare:
a list of the documents you intend to rely on at the hearing. These are the documents that you have chosen to put before the Tribunal that are relevant to the issues raised in this application.
copies of each of these documents.
a witness statement setting out the intended evidence of each witness.
The witness statements should be detailed and set out the particular testimony each witness will give. The applicant is reminded that she must also submit a witness statement for herself, assuming she intends to testify at the hearing. However, if the applicant only intends to testify about the facts already contained in her Application, it is sufficient for her to confirm this in writing by April 7, 2015.
By April 7, 2015, the applicant and the respondent must deliver the witness statements, the list of the documents they intend to rely and a copy of those documents to the other party and then file copies of the documents they will rely on, the witness statements and a completed Statement of Delivery (Form 23) with the HRTO.
5The parties were reminded of the consequences that might arise from failing to comply with this order.
6The respondent has provided the Tribunal with copies of the required documents and has provided proof that the documents were delivered to the applicant.
7The April 7, 2015 deadline has now passed and the applicant has still not filed the required materials with the Tribunal.
8In the circumstances, it appears that the applicant has abandoned the Application. The Application is therefore dismissed as abandoned.
ORDER
9The Application is dismissed as abandoned and the April 15 and 16, 2015 hearing dates are cancelled.
Dated at Toronto, this 10th day of April, 2015.
“Signed by”
Laurie Letheren
Vice-chair