Evert Broomfield v. Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board, 2016 HRTO 179

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Evert Broomfield

Applicant

-and-

Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board and Jennifer Evans

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Jennifer Scott Decision Date: February 9, 2016 Citation: 2016 HRTO 179 Indexed as: Broomfield v. Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board

1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended, on October 28, 2013.

2On September 24, 2015, the Tribunal issued a Case Assessment Direction directing that a preliminary hearing be held to determine whether the Application should be dismissed on the basis that: (a) some of the allegations may be untimely; (b) some of the allegations involved the applicant’s son, who is not a party to the Application; and/or (c) there is no reasonable prospect that the Application or part of the Application will succeed. The Case Assessment Direction was sent to the applicant by regular mail and by email at the contact information provided in the Application.

3The Case Assessment Direction, sent to the applicant by regular mail, was returned to the Tribunal as undeliverable.

4On December 11, 2015, the Tribunal sent correspondence to the applicant by email asking him to provide the Tribunal with his current mailing address, copied to the respondents. The applicant was asked to respond no later than December 21, 2015. The applicant was advised that failure to respond might be considered an abandonment of the Application and it might be dismissed for that reason.

5The applicant did not respond to the Tribunal’s correspondence of December 11, 2015.

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

7The Application is dismissed.