HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Garrick Bradford
Applicant
-and-
Commissionaires Great Lakes
Respondent
DECISION
Adjudicator: Josée Bouchard
Indexed as: Bradford v. Commissionaires Great Lakes
1This is an Application under the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended. The Application is scheduled to be heard on November 10, 2016.
2On July 8, 2016, 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 by providing one another with copies of their arguably relevant documents by July 28, 2016; and 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 September 26, 2016.
3The respondent filed a Statement of Delivery on August 3, 2016. However, neither the applicant nor the respondent provided the Tribunal with the materials required under Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure by September 26, 2016.
4Accordingly, in an October 11, 2016 Case Assessment Direction (“CAD”), the Tribunal directed the parties to provide the required materials to each other and the Tribunal by no later than October 18, 2016.
5In its CAD, the Tribunal warned the parties that there were serious consequences for the case if they did not comply with the Tribunal’s directions. In particular, the CAD noted:
If the applicant has not complied with these directions by October 18, 2016, or communicated with the Tribunal at all, the Application may be dismissed as abandoned.
6The respondent provided the required materials to the applicant and filed the required materials with the Tribunal on October 18, 2016.
7It is now one week 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 he communicated with the Tribunal.
8In the circumstances, it appears that the applicant has abandoned the Application. Accordingly, the Application is dismissed as abandoned.
ORDER
9The Application is dismissed as abandoned and the November 10, 2016 hearing date is cancelled.
Dated at Toronto, this 27th day of October, 2016.
“Signed By”
Josée Bouchard
Vice-chair