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Human rights application dismissed as abandoned after applicant failed to attend summary hearing.
The Tribunal convened a summary hearing by conference call to determine whether the application should be dismissed for having no reasonable prospect of success.
The applicant received proper notice but failed to attend the hearing.
In the absence of the applicant or any explanation for her non-attendance, the Tribunal dismissed the application as abandoned.
Reprisal application dismissed as prior complaints did not engage rights under the Human Rights Code.
The applicant, a television journalist, alleged that the respondents reprised against him by denying him media accreditation to cover a political party's annual general meeting.
The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.
The Tribunal found that the applicant's prior complaints to the respondents were about freedom of the press and democratic principles, not about claiming or enforcing rights under the Human Rights Code.
As the applicant could not establish that he had claimed or enforced Code rights, the reprisal application had no reasonable prospect of success and was dismissed.
Applicant ordered to provide pre-hearing disclosure within 14 days; request to dismiss application denied.
The respondent brought a Request for an Order During Proceedings seeking an order that the applicant comply with Rule 16 regarding pre-hearing disclosure, or alternatively that the application be dismissed.
The applicant consented to an order for compliance, citing miscommunication with her representative.
The Tribunal ordered the applicant to provide all arguably relevant documents within 14 days, finding that dismissal was not appropriate given the lack of prejudice to the respondent and the absence of intent to abandon the application.
