Court of Appeal for Ontario
Doherty, Cronk and Hourigan JJ.A.
BETWEEN
Derek Dunlop
Appellant
and
Vanessa Glasser and Sara Blake
Respondents
No one appearing for the appellant
Jim Smith, for the respondents
Heard and released orally: April 24, 2014
On appeal from the judgment of Justice Norman M. Karam of the Superior Court of Justice, dated September 28, 2011.
ENDORSEMENT
1The appellant represents himself. He is not present in court.
2This appeal has been adjourned many times and has been peremptory to the appellant on three occasions.
3It is unnecessary to detail the lengthy history of this appeal. We will begin in February of this year. On February 12, 2014, the appellant indicated he was available to argue his appeal on April 24, 2014, today's date. On February 14^th^, the appellant was advised that the appeal had been listed for April 24, 2014.
4On April 23^rd^, that is yesterday, the appellant sent an email to the court asking at what time on April 25^th^ his appeal would be heard. He was immediately advised by email that the appeal was scheduled for April 24^th^ as indicated to him in the email of February 14^th^.
5The appellant sent an email to the court early on April 24^th^ indicating that he had been unable to access his email account for some time. He said:
I planned to be in attendance at the Court of Appeal for the 25^th^ of April. As a result I will be unable to attend tomorrow the 24^th^ of April.
6No explanation is offered for the appellant's inability to attend in person today. We are advised that he lives in Toronto. The appellant goes on to request yet a further adjournment of the appeal.
7Counsel for the respondents appears and opposes any further adjournment. Counsel also advised the court that he notified the appellant by email that he would oppose any further request for an adjournment.
8Having regard to the history of this appeal and the nature of the underlying proceeding, we are satisfied that any further adjournment of this appeal would bring the administration of justice into disrepute. We decline to grant any further adjournment.
9We have considered the merits of the appeal and have reviewed the material filed with the court. In our view, there is no merit to the appeal. The appeal is dismissed.
10Costs to the respondents in the amount of $1,000, inclusive of relevant taxes and disbursements.
"Doherty J.A."
"E.A. Cronk J.A."
"C.W. Hourigan J.A."