Court of Appeal for Ontario
Date: 2019-09-03
Docket: M50560 (C66645)
Judges: Lauwers, van Rensburg and Roberts JJ.A.
Parties
Between
Muhammad Watto, Professional Development and Legal Education Society and Legal and Professional Education College Ltd.
Applicants (Appellants)
and
Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council
Respondent
And Between
Muhammad Watto
Applicant (Appellant)
and
Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council
Respondent
Counsel
Muhammad Watto, in person
Glynnis Hawe, for the respondent
Hearing and Decision
Heard and delivered orally: August 29, 2019
On motion for review of the chambers order of a single judge of this court, dated June 18, 2019.
Oral Endorsement
[1] The motion judge did not err in dismissing the appellants' request to file a 60-page factum. The Rules of Civil Procedure require parties' factums to be concise statements of fact, law and argument. The maximum length is 30 pages. It is only in exceptional circumstances, that are not present here, that this court will permit a longer factum to be filed.
[2] In our view, the appellants should be able to deal with the relevant issues on this appeal in a 30-page factum. In particular, the appellants' statement of the facts is not concise and could be considerably shortened.
[3] Accordingly, we dismiss the appellants' motion to review the motion judge's order.
[4] As the respondent did not claim its costs of this motion, we order that there be no costs of this motion.
P. Lauwers J.A.
K. van Rensburg J.A.
L.B. Roberts J.A.