Court File and Parties

CITATION: Coote v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission), 2010 ONCA 580

DATE: 20100908

DOCKET: M39070 & M39096 (C51962)

COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

MacPherson, LaForme and Rouleau JJ.A.

BETWEEN

Anthony Coote

Plaintiff (Appellant)

and

Ontario Human Rights Commission et al

Defendants (Respondents)

and

AGF Trusty Company, AGF Management Limited, Douglas L. Derry, Stuart Eagles, W. Robert, Farquharson, Blake C. Goldiring, Walter A. Keyser, David A. King, Donald G. Lang, William Morneau, Winthrop H. Smith

Defendants (Respondents)

and

People Exchange, Bonnie Langer, Amber McGregor, and Gita Clarkson

Defendants (Respondents)

and

Stikeman Elliott LLP, Lisa Depiante

Defendants (Respondents)

AND BETWEEN

Anthony Coote

Plaintiff (Appellant)

and

Ontario Human Rights Commission et al

Defendants (Respondents)

and

Veritas Investment Corporation, Michael Palmer, William Marshall, Peter Holden, Ohad Lederer, Chris Marshall, Anthony Scilipoti, Neeraj Monga, Sara Tsang, Sam La Bell, Dimitry Khmelnitsky, and Michelle Mercer

Defendants (Respondents)

and

Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and Karen Jones

Defendants (Respondents)

AND BETWEEN

Anthony Coote

Plaintiff (Appellant)

and

Ontario Human Rights Commission, Barbara Hall, Andrea Jelly, Prabhu Ragan, Christopher McKinnon, Neil Edwards, Nancy Austin and Hart Schwartz

Defendants (Respondents)

and

Institutional Shareholder Services Canada Corporation, Bill MacKenzie, Anjeet Bening, Aravinda Galappatthige, Debra Sisti and Michelle Tan, Parent Company, Board of Directors

Defendants (Respondents)

Counsel

Anthony Coote, acting in person

Farah Malik, for Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and Karen Jones, respondents

Sara J. Erskine, for the AGF respondents

Christopher Cosgriffe, for Peoples Exchange, Amber McGregor and Gita Clarkson, respondents

Ryan Treleaven, for the Institutional Shareholders Services Canada Corporation respondents

Shama Ansari and John Zarudny, for the Ontario Human Rights Commission respondents

Heard: September 8, 2010

On two motions to quash the appeal from the order of Justice Deena F. Baltman of the Divisional Court dated March 15, 2010.

APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT

[1] The moving parties have made motions to quash the appellant’s appeal pursuant to s. 134(3) of the Courts of Justice Act.

[2] We agree with the moving parties that the appellant is in the wrong court. He has appealed an order of a single judge of the Divisional Court directly to this court. The appellant’s proper appeal route is to a panel of the Divisional Court on a motion under s. 21(5) of the Courts of Justice Act.

[3] The appeal is quashed.

[4] No costs.