Ontario Securities Commission v. MRS Sciences Inc. (Formerly Morningside Capital Corp.) et al.

[Indexed as: Ontario Securities Commission v. MRS Sciences Inc.]

Ontario Reports

Ontario Superior Court of Justice,

Divisional Court,

R.D. Gordon R.S.J., Molloy and Corbett JJ.

November 26, 2015

128 O.R. (3d) 414 | 2015 ONSC 6317

Case Summary

Securities regulation — Discipline — Terms of office of members who determined merits of allegations expiring before sanctions hearing was held — OSC convening new panel to resolve issues of sanctions and costs — Sanctions panel finding that terms of office of members of merits panel were not deemed to be extended under s. 4.3 of Statutory Powers Procedure Act and that procedural fairness did not require same panel to conduct both merits hearing and sanctions hearing — Sanctions panels' decision reasonable — Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22, s. 4.3.

Proceedings against the appellants were initiated under s. 127 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5. After a 12-day hearing (the "merits hearing"), they were found to have contravened certain provisions of the Act. The terms of office of the members who conducted the merits hearing expired, and the Ontario Securities Commission decided to convene a new panel to resolve the issues of sanctions and costs. The appellants brought a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the sanctions panel and the fairness of having a new panel determine sanctions and costs issues. The motion was dismissed. The appellants appealed that decision. They also appealed a decision of the sanctions panel to admit the transcript from the merits hearing as evidence at the sanctions hearing. Finally, they appealed the sanctions that were imposed.

Held, the appeal should be dismissed.

Per R.D. Gordon R.S.J. (dissenting): The merits hearing and the sanctions hearing were two stages of a single quasi-judicial trial. The terms of office of the panel presiding at the merits hearing were deemed to have been extended under s. 4.3 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act ("SPPA") to permit them to determine the ultimate issues of sanctions and costs. [page415]

The decision of the sanctions panel to admit the hearing of the merits hearing was reasonable, as was their ultimate decision on the sanctions issue.

Per Molloy and Corbett JJ.: The reasons of Gordon R.S.J. with respect to the transcript issue and the ultimate sanctions imposed are agreed with.

The sanctions panel considered the impact on the commission and its procedures if the SPPA applied to extend the term of panel members who had participated in a merits hearing through to the end of the sanctions hearing, and found that such an interpretation would not be consistent with the makeup of the commission and how it operates. Further, the panel concluded that such an interpretation of the SPPA was not mandated by the language of the SPPA itself. The panel also concluded that neither procedural fairness nor the rule of audi alteram partem required the same panel to conduct both the sanctions hearing and the merits hearing. The decision of the sanctions panel was reasonable.

Cases referred to

Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Assn., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654, [2011] S.C.J. No. 61, 2011 SCC 61, 2011EXP-3798, J.E. 2011-2083, 424 N.R. 70, 339 D.L.R. (4th) 428, 28 Admin. L.R. (5th) 177, 52 Alta. L.R. (5th) 1, [2012] 2 W.W.R. 434, 519 A.R. 1, 208 A.C.W.S. (3d) 434; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 699 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817, [1999] S.C.J. No. 39, 174 D.L.R. (4th) 193, 243 N.R. 22, J.E. 99-1412, REJB 1999-13279, 14 Admin. L.R. (3d) 173, 1 Imm. L.R. (3d) 1, 89 A.C.W.S. (3d) 777; Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders v. Ontario (Securities Commission), [2001] 2 S.C.R. 132, [2001] S.C.J. No. 38, 2001 SCC 37, 199 D.L.R. (4th) 577, 269 N.R. 311, J.E. 2001-1203, 146 O.A.C. 201, 29 Admin. L.R. (3d) 1, 14 B.L.R. (3d) 1, 105 A.C.W.S. (3d) 972; Crowe v. Ontario Securities Commission (2011), 108 O.R. (3d) 410, [2011] O.J. No. 5547, 2011 ONSC 6918, 92 B.L.R. (4th) 155, 286 O.A.C. 201 (Div. Ct.); Donnini v. Ontario (Securities Commission) (2005), 2005 1622 (ON CA), 76 O.R. (3d) 43, [2005] O.J. No. 240, 250 D.L.R. (4th) 195, 194 O.A.C. 29, 1 B.L.R. (4th) 101, 136 A.C.W.S. (3d) 828 (C.A.); Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190, [2008] S.C.J. No. 9, 2008 SCC 9, 329 N.B.R. (2d) 1, 64 C.C.E.L. (3d) 1, EYB 2008-130674, J.E. 2008-547, [2008] CLLC Â220-020, 170 L.A.C. (4th) 1, 372 N.R. 1, 69 Imm. L.R. (3d) 1, 291 D.L.R. (4th) 577, 69 Admin. L.R. (4th) 1, 95 L.C.R. 65, D.T.E. 2008T-223, 164 A.C.W.S. (3d) 727; E.A. Manning Ltd. v. Ontario Securities Commission (1995), 1995 1706 (ON CA), 23 O.R. (3d) 257, [1995] O.J. No. 1305, 125 D.L.R. (4th) 305, 80 O.A.C. 321, 32 Admin. L.R. (2d) 1, 7 C.C.L.S. 125, 55 A.C.W.S. (3d) 3 (C.A.); McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895, [2013] S.C.J. No. 67, 2013 SCC 67, 347 B.C.A.C. 1, 452 N.R. 340, 2013EXP-3911, J.E. 2013-2131, EYB 2013-230152, 366 D.L.R. (4th) 30, [2014] 2 W.W.R. 415, 53 B.C.L.R. (5th) 1, 64 Admin. L.R. (5th) 237, 235 A.C.W.S. (3d) 290; Ontario (Commissioner, Provincial Police) v. MacDonald, [2009] O.J. No. 4834, 2009 ONCA 805, 255 O.A.C. 376, 3 Admin L.R. (5th) 278, 182 A.C.W.S. (3d) 502; Piller v. Assn. of Ontario Land Surveyors, 2002 44996 (ON CA), [2002] O.J. No. 2343, 160 O.A.C. 333, 43 Admin. L.R. (3d) 151, 115 A.C.W.S. (3d) 743 (C.A.); Spork v. Ontario (Securities Commission) (2014), 120 O.R. (3d) 241, [2014] O.J. No. 2148, 2014 ONSC 2467, 319 O.A.C. 297, 72 Admin. L.R. (5th) 328, 240 A.C.W.S. (3d) 507 (Div. Ct.)

Statutes referred to

Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, ss. 9(1) [as am.], (5), 25(1)(a) [as am.], 53(1) [as am.], 127 [as am.]

Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22, s. 4.3 [page416]

Rules and regulations referred to

Ontario Securities Commission Rules of Procedure, rules 2.1, 2.5, 17.3, (1), (2)

APPEAL from the decisions of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Scott C. Hutchison, Samuel Walker and Derek J. Ferris, for respondent.

Peter-Paul Duvernet, for appellants.

R.D. GORDON R.S.J. (dissenting): —

Overview

[1] America DeRosa, Edward Emmons and Ivan Cavric (the "appellants") appeal three decisions of the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC" or the "Commission") pursuant to s. 9(1) of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 (the "Act").

[2] They appeal, first, from a decision of the OSC to have a panel different from the panel who presided at the merit hearing preside at the sanction hearing (the "jurisdiction issue"); they appeal, second, from a decision of the OSC to admit the transcript from the merit hearing as evidence at the sanction hearing (the "transcripts issue"); and they appeal, third, from the decision on sanctions and costs reached at the sanctions hearing (the "sanctions issue").

Background

[3] The appellants were alleged to have contravened certain provisions of the Act. Over a period of 12 days beginning May 7, 2009 and ending October 7, 2009, a hearing was conducted on the merits of those allegations (the "merit hearing"). Evidence was presented during the course of the merit hearing that was relevant both to the merits of the allegations and the issue of sanctions. On completion of the merit hearing, the panel, comprised of Commissioners Lesage and Perry, reserved its decision.

[4] On February 2, 2011, some 14 months later, the decision was released and the appellants were found to have contravened ss. 25(1)(a) and 53(1) of the Act, both as officers and directors of MRS Sciences Inc. ("MRS"). They were found to have illegally distributed shares of MRS with little concern for whether investors were accredited investors contrary to the registration and prospectus requirements of the Act, and contrary to the public interest.

[5] OSC prosecutors had also alleged that the appellants gave a prohibited undertaking as to the future value or price of the [page417] shares and made a prohibited representation as to the future listing of MRS shares on an exchange, and alleged that Mrs. Cavric and Mr. DeRosa knew or ought to have known that the trades in MRS shares had the effect of creating a misleading appearance of trading activity or an artificial price for MRS shares. All of these additional allegations were found not to have been proved.

[6] Commissioner Lesage's term of office expired on February 10, 2011 and Commissioner Perry's on February 14, 2011.

[7] The secretary for the OSC informed the parties that a new panel would be convened to resolve the remaining issues of sanctions and costs. Vice-Chair Condon and Commissioner Portner were appointed as the sanction panel.

[8] The appellants brought a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the sanction panel and the fairness of having a wholly new panel determine the issues of sanctions and costs. The motion was heard November 2, 2011 and was dismissed by decision released on December 6, 2011. This is the first decision from which the appellants appeal.

[9] The sanction hearing was subsequently held over a period of four days wherein all parties were afforded the opportunity to present evidence. The sanction panel requested that the parties provide a list of references to relevant excerpts of the transcript from the merit hearing for review by the panel. OSC prosecutors provided such a list. The appellants did not. Indeed, the appellants argued against the admission of any part of the transcripts into evidence at the sanction hearing; however, their objection was overruled in a decision of the sanction panel dated December 5, 2013. This is the second decision from which the appellants appeal.

[10] The sanction decision was released on June 4, 2014 and ordered ten-year trading bans, ten-year director and officer bans, reprimands, administrative penalties and costs against the appellants and Ronald Sherman. Administrative penalties of $200,000 were imposed on each of Cavric and DeRosa, and administrative penalties of $150,000 and $20,000 were imposed on Mr. Sherman and Mr. Emmons, respectively. The appellants and Mr. Sherman were held jointly and severally liable for $126,216.04 in costs. The sanction decision is the third decision from which the appellants appeal.

Jurisdiction

[11] The appeal is properly before this court. Pursuant to s. 9(1) of the Act, a party may appeal a final decision of the OSC to the Divisional Court. [page418]

[12] The court's powers on appeal are quite broad. In particular, s. 9(5) provides that the court may by its order direct the Commission to make such decision or to do such other act as the Commission is authorized and empowered to do under the Act or the Regulations.

Standard of Review

[13] Insofar as the appellants raise issues of procedural fairness and natural justice, the question is simply whether the requirements of procedural fairness and natural justice have been met (see Ontario (Commissioner, Provincial Police) v. MacDonald, [2009] O.J. No. 4834, 2009 ONCA 805). The analysis must be contextual, taking account of the various factors outlined in Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 699 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817, [1999] S.C.J. No. 39, including a respectful consideration of the choices of procedure made by the administrative decision-maker.

[14] All other grounds of appeal raised by the appellants are subject to review on a standard of reasonableness.

[15] Securities commission are, by their very nature, expert tribunals populated by members with special knowledge of matters within their jurisdiction and accordingly are entitled to deference (see E.A. Manning Ltd. v. Ontario Securities Commission (1995), 1995 1706 (ON CA), 23 O.R. (3d) 257, [1995] O.J. No. 1305 (C.A.); and Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190, [2008] S.C.J. No. 9). Questions of "true vires", which attract review on a correctness standard, are exceedingly rare and an administrative body's interpretation of its home statute or closely connected statutes is presumptively reviewed on a reasonableness standard (see Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Assn., 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654, [2011] S.C.J. No. 61). This presumption in favour of a reasonableness standard has been consistently applied to OSC decisions (see, for example, McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2013 SCC 67, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895, [2013] S.C.J. No. 67; Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders v. Ontario (Securities Commission), 2001 SCC 37, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 132, [2001] S.C.J. No. 38; and Donnini v. Ontario Securities Commission (2005), 2005 1622 (ON CA), 76 O.R. (3d) 43, [2005] O.J. No. 240 (C.A.)).

[16] I would also note the decision of this court in Spork v. Ontario (Securities Commission) (2014), 120 O.R. (3d) 241, [2014] O.J. No. 2148, 2014 ONSC 2467 (Div. Ct.), in which it was concluded [at para. 32] that "[h]ow the Commission deals with the issue of appointment of commissioners to hearings in the context of fixed term appointments is not a question of general [page419] importance to the legal system as a whole". The court went on to find that decisions regarding quorum and the interpretation of the statutory requirements of the composition of a panel for a sanctions hearing are to reviewed on a reasonableness standard.

[17] The appellants have cited the case of Crowe v. Ontario Securities Commission (2011), 108 O.R. (3d) 410, [2011] O.J. No. 5547, 2011 ONSC 6918 (Div. Ct.) as authority for the proposition that the applicable standard of review is correctness. In Crowe, however, the impugned conduct involved the sale of securities to offshore investors and the issue of constitutional jurisdiction arose in the context of whether the province had jurisdiction to regulate extra-provincial trading activity. Although I would agree that the issue in Crowe was a question of "true vires" attracting a correctness standard, the issues presented in this case are very different and do not.

Analysis

The composition of the panel issue

[18] The proceeding against the appellants was initiated under s. 127 of the Act. That section allows the Commission to make one or more orders if it is the public interest to do so and provides that no such order shall be made without a hearing.

[19] The Ontario Securities Commission Rules of Procedure contemplate an application under s. 127 of the Act proceeding in the following fashion:

(1) Staff of the Commission files a statement of allegations (rule 2.1).

(2) The proceeding is commenced by the secretary of the Commission issuing a notice of hearing (rule 2.5).

(3) Motions may be brought before a panel of the Commission to deal with procedural and interlocutory matters.

(4) A hearing, effectively a quasi-judicial trial, is held to determine if the allegations made in the statement of allegations are proved (known as the "merits hearing"). The panel presiding at the merits hearing must issue written reasons for its decision on the merits (rule 17.3(2)).

(5) If the allegations are proved, a further hearing (known as the "sanctions hearing") is to be scheduled by the secretary to determine the appropriate sanctions and costs to be assessed (rule 17.3). [page420]

[20] That the sanctions hearing should be held separately from the merits hearing makes sense for a number of reasons. To begin with, efficiencies are realized by requiring evidence and submissions on sanctions and costs in only those cases in which allegations of misconduct have been proved. Second, evidence that would be admissible at a sanctions hearing may not be admissible at the merits hearing. Third, the parties participating in a separate sanctions hearing will have the benefit of knowing exactly what factual findings have been made and what allegations have been proved.

[21] Normally, the panel who presides over the merits hearing will also preside over the sanctions hearing. However, when, as in this case, the terms of both panel members expire after the merits hearing but before the sanctions hearing, a question arises of whether their term is deemed to have been extended by virtue of s. 4.3 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22 (the "SPPA"). That section provides as follows:

4.3 If the term of office of a member of a tribunal who has participated in a hearing expires before a decision is given, the term shall be deemed to continue, but only for the purpose of participating in the decision and for no other purpose.

[22] By virtue of this section, their terms would be deemed to have extended if the merits hearing and sanctions hearing are properly considered to be a single hearing separated only by time, as is argued by the appellants.

[23] The respondent, on the other hand, takes the position that the merits hearing and the sanctions hearing are two separate and distinct hearings within the overall proceedings against the appellants and that the panel sitting on the merits hearing cannot be said to have participated in the sanctions hearing. If that position is correct, it follows that their terms had not been extended and it was reasonable for the OSC to appoint a new panel to hear sanctions and costs.

[24] In my view, the finding of the OSC was not reasonable.

[25] Section 4.3 of the SPPA speaks to the deemed continuation of a term of a member of a tribunal who has participated in a hearing, but only for the purpose of completing that hearing and participating in the decision. The underlying purpose of s. 4.3 is to prevent a hearing from being disrupted by the expiry of a panel member's term of office. It enables the continued involvement and participation of a panel member seized of a matter that comes before the panel in which he or she is participating (see Piller v. Assn. of Ontario Land Surveyors, 2002 44996 (ON CA), [2002] O.J. No. 2343, 160 O.A.C. 333 (C.A.)). [page421]

[26] A hearing may be defined as an individual step or stage within a proceeding in which the tribunal is asked to make an order. The scope and subject of any particular hearing is defined by the request(s) made in the documents that initiate it. For example, a motion within a proceeding will result in a hearing before a panel. The scope and subject of that hearing will be defined by the notice of motion filed by the requesting party.

[27] Unless the request for an order is withdrawn, the issues at a hearing are decided with the issuance of an order by the tribunal. That order may dismiss the requests that have been made or may grant those requests in whole or in part.

[28] In this case, the document that served to initiate the quasi-judicial trial and which defined its subject matter was the notice of hearing. That document made it clear that the purpose of the hearing was to determine which, if any, of the orders available to the Commission under s. 127 of the Act would issue.

[29] At the conclusion of the merits hearing, no order was made. The findings set out in the reasons of the merits panel do not constitute an order under s. 127 but are simply necessary findings upon which the hearing would continue to the sanctions stage. Indeed, the merits panel itself appears to have appreciated this distinction when, under the heading "Conclusions" it made findings as opposed to orders. It follows that the quasi-judicial trial had not then concluded, but was to be continued under the banner of a sanctions hearing.

[30] Procedural fairness lends additional support to the view that a new panel ought not to be appointed when the merits panel continues to be available. There can be no doubt that at least some of the evidence led at the merits hearing was relevant to the issues of sanctions and costs. It is for that very reason that transcripts of the merits hearing were put before the sanctions panel for consideration. Although the use of transcripts may be a viable means of allowing a new panel to complete its work when the original panel members are no longer available, it is a poor substitute when the original panel members are available and qualified to complete the hearing.

[31] In summary, it is my view that the merits hearing and sanctions hearing are two stages of a single quasi-judicial trial held to determine the issues defined in the notice of hearing. As the panel presiding at the merits hearing had participated in the quasi-judicial trial, their terms of office were deemed to have been extended to permit them to determine the ultimate issues of sanctions and costs. [page422]

[32] Although this effectively deals with the appeal, I will address the remaining issues in the event my decision on the composition of the panel issue proves to be incorrect.

The transcripts issue

[33] A transcript of the merits hearing was tendered at the sanction hearing over the objection of the appellants. It was accepted by the sanction panel as a means of accessing evidence lead at the merits hearing that would impact the consideration of sanctions. To that end, the panel asked each party to provide a list of excerpts from the transcript that it would rely upon. The respondents provided such a list. The appellants did not.

[34] It is difficult to see the unfairness of having proceeded in this fashion. Evidence which was led at the merits hearing that was relevant to sanctions would be identified for the parties and for the sanctions panel. To the extent any party wished to contest that evidence they had the opportunity to call witnesses to do so. Given the lengthy delay between the merits hearing and the sanctions hearing, I have little doubt that had the merits panel undertaken the sanction hearing, the transcripts would have been filed with them to refresh their memory of what had been said well more than a year ago on issues relevant to sanctions. It only stands to reason that those same transcripts would be put before the new panel.

The sanctions issue

[35] The appellants take issue with the sanctions and costs imposed by the sanctions panel. They argue that notwithstanding evidence and submissions directed to significant mitigating factors, there was no analysis of those factors and no reference to them in the reasons of the panel.

[36] In my view, a fair reading of the decision reveals that the sanctions panel received the position being advanced by each of the parties, considered the mitigating and aggravating factors at play, and with respect to each sanction explained what factors it considered as having the most significant impact in light of the law governing sanctions.

[37] The reasons of the panel are set out in a clear, intelligible and transparent manner, are defensible in fact and in law and are entitled to deference.

Conclusion

[38] I find that it was not reasonable for the respondent to appoint a new panel to conduct the sanctions hearing when the terms of office of the panel members were deemed to have been [page423] extended rendering them available to complete the hearing. It follows that I would set aside the decision of the sanctions panel dated June 4, 2014, and the orders flowing from it, and remit this case back to the OSC for disposition in a manner consistent with these reasons.

[39] MOLLOY and D.L. CORBETT JJ.: -- We have had the benefit of reviewing the reasons of Gordon R.S.J. and concur in everything he has said about the "transcripts" and "sanctions" issues. We reach a different conclusion on the "composition of the panel" issue. We find that the Commission's interpretation of what constitutes a "hearing" was reasonable. Therefore, we would dismiss the appeal.

[40] We agree that it would normally be preferable to have sanctions determined by the same decision maker(s) as determined liability. We also agree that one possible, and reasonable, conclusion is that the merits hearing and the sanctions hearing are two stages of a single quasi-judicial hearing, such that s. 4.3 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22 ("SPPA") would operate to extend the term of any member of the merits panel whose term expired prior to the sanctions hearing, as was determined by our colleague in paras. 26-29, above.

[41] However, we do not agree that this is the only reasonable interpretation of the relevant provisions and how they inter-relate.

[42] The Commission has a limited number of members, all appointed to fixed terms of five years. This is a legislated policy-based decision to maintain a Commission that is small in number with a composition that is rotating over time. Many of the cases that are heard under the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 (the "Act") are lengthy and complex. There are often lengthy preliminary matters to be decided before the substantive merits hearing. There is often a significant time gap between the determination of a case on its merits and the date of the sanctions hearing. These are practical matters with which the Commission must grapple in managing its time and resources in order to ensure an orderly and timely resolution of the matters before it. And there were practical concerns in this case: the sanctions hearing was held almost five years after the merits hearing.

[43] In this case, the sanctions panel considered the impact on the Commission and its procedures if the SPPA applied to extend the term of panel members who had participated in a merits hearing through to the end of the sanction hearing. Such an interpretation, in the view of the panel, would not be [page424] consistent with the makeup of the Commission and how it operates. Further, the panel concluded that such an interpretation of the SPPA was not mandated by the language of the SPPA itself. The panel held that the SPPA contemplates that a "hearing" and a "proceeding" are not synonymous, even within that statute. Likewise, the panel considered that there is a difference between the words "hearing" and "proceeding" within the Commission's own Rules of Procedure. In particular, rule 17.3(1) provides that, following the merits hearing, "Unless the parties to a proceeding agree to the contrary, a separate hearing shall be held to determine the matter of sanctions and costs."

[44] The panel also considered whether procedural fairness or the rule of audi alteram partem applied to require the same panel to conduct both the sanctions hearing and the merits hearing. The panel concluded that there was no absolute rule requiring this, which is both correct and reasonable.

[45] The panel considered these issues in some considerable depth and gave extensive reasons. Those reasons are thoughtful and take into account general principles of law as well as the specific procedure and composition of the Commission. Having considered all of these matters, the panel concluded that s. 4.3 of the SPPA would apply to extend the term of a panel member who had participated in a merits hearing until a decision had been rendered with respect to that hearing. Likewise, it would apply to a sanctions hearing panel member in the same manner. However, the panel found that the SPPA did not apply to require the same panel that heard the merits to also decide the sanctions.

[46] In our view, this is a reasonable outcome that can be said to follow within the range of reasonable anticipated outcomes referred to in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190, [2008] S.C.J. No. 9. This is a matter squarely within the peculiar expertise of the Commission in managing its own procedures. It is entitled to deference.

[47] Accordingly, we would dismiss this ground of appeal.

Conclusion and Order

[48] The appeal is dismissed with costs of $17,500 payable by the appellant to the respondent.

Appeal dismissed.

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