The complainant alleged refusal to employ and promote because of nationality.
In this interim decision, the Board of Inquiry considered motions to set aside subpoenas duces tecum served on behalf of the Commission and the respondent.
The Board found that the subpoenas were issued for the purpose of obtaining discovery of documents rather than producing them in evidence at the hearing.
As there is no common-law right to discovery and the Statutory Powers Procedure Act only authorizes subpoenas for producing documents in evidence, the Board ordered the subpoenas set aside.
