Christopher Schnaar

The applicant, injured in a motor vehicle accident, sought interim benefits pending a hearing on whether he was catastrophically impaired.

The applicant argued that the Tribunal had jurisdiction to award interim benefits under the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act.

The Tribunal dismissed the motion, finding that the Legislature deliberately removed provisions relating to interim orders from the Insurance Act and that no regulation currently grants the Tribunal jurisdiction to order interim benefits.

The applicant in a statutory accident benefits dispute brought a motion during the hearing to call two additional witnesses and to enter new documentary evidence.

The respondent opposed the addition of the witnesses but consented to the documentary evidence.

The Tribunal dismissed the request to add the witnesses, finding it would violate a prior disclosure order and cause unjustified delay, noting the evidence could be partially deduced from the admitted documents.

The request to enter the new documentary evidence was granted on consent.