Court File and Parties

COURT FILE NO.: CV-11-5095

DATE: 20131206

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE - ONTARIO

RE: MARLENE VAN DER HEIDE v. SUNWING AIRLINES INC., et al

BEFORE: Ellies J.

COUNSEL: Geoffrey Larmer, for the Plaintiff

Vincent G. Burns, for the Defendants

ENDORSEMENT

[1] This is one of a number of actions which were scheduled to be the subject of a status hearing on December 6, 2013, concerning which counsel for the parties filed a consent to adjourn the day before. This is at least the second such adjournment, as far as this particular matter is concerned.

[2] Rule 48.14 imposes a limited type of case management on actions in the Superior Court: see Garry D. Watson and Derek McKay, Ontario Civil Procedure, loose-leaf (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 1993), at para. 14.15. This is done in order to ensure the timely resolution of disputes and the proper allocation of limited judicial resources. Consent adjournments avoid court oversight. Successive consent adjournments defeat the purpose of the rule.

[3] For that reason, although I have granted the adjournment, the parties will be required either to appear at the next status hearing or to comply with the provisions of Rule 48.14 (10) in advance thereof.

[4] Order to go, adjourning the status hearing to Friday, March 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. and adjusting the timeline of the Notice of Approaching Dismissal to the same date.

Ellies J.

Date: 20131206