COURT FILE NO.: CV-19-00616354-00CP
DATE: 20210623
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE - ONTARIO
RE: WILL MORRIS, Plaintiff
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SOLAR BROKERS CANADA CORP., JEAN CLAUDE AWWAD AND JOSEPH BARKER, Defendants
BEFORE: E.M. Morgan J.
COUNSEL: Alexandra Monkhouse and Andrew Monkhouse, for the Plaintiff
Jean Claude Awwad, on his own behalf
HEARD: June 23, 2021
cASE CONFERENCE
[1] Two of the three Defendants are in default. Jean Claude Awwad is the remaining Defendant. He is now representing himself.
[2] Counsel for the Plaintiff has suggested that this action would benefit from a timetable for the next steps. Mr. Awwad indicates that he does not object to a timetable but would like a bit of extra time as he is operating without the assistance of a lawyer.
[3] Mr. Awwad has suggested the following dates, which appear reasonable to me. The parties shall proceed as follows:
• Affidavits of documents by August 22, 2021;
• Discoveries completed by November 22, 2021; and
• Pre-trial sometime in March 2022
[4] Since I was the certification judge and have been case managing this matter, it is advisable for another judge to conduct the pre-trial. Any exploration of settlement might benefit from having a fresh pair of eyes, as it were, looking at it. For the pre-trial, either or both sides are to contact my assistant in late February or early March 2022 to make arrangements for another judge to conduct a pre-trial session.
Morgan J.
Date: June 23, 2021