tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560894381298667267.post4759435521906934477..comments2023-10-25T00:48:14.046-07:00Comments on The Buchanan Ontario Workplace Law Blog: Another Wrongful Dismissal Claim at Small Claims CourtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560894381298667267.post-48285783211289633512013-09-11T13:14:45.549-07:002013-09-11T13:14:45.549-07:00Update: The costs award was released.
The plaint...Update: The costs award was released.<br /><br />The plaintiff had apparently served an offer to settle for $5000, meaning that the double-costs provision is triggered. The paralegal representing the plaintiff argued for costs of $1,485, doubled to $2,970. The Deputy Judge awarded $2,500, all inclusive.Dennis Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338198640943823828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560894381298667267.post-61252560880740390682013-08-27T13:06:30.775-07:002013-08-27T13:06:30.775-07:00Can you supply any authority for that proposition?...Can you supply any authority for that proposition?<br /><br />Because I don't see any basis for it in the language of the Human Rights Code or Courts of Justice Act; the Small Claims Court *has*, in fact, awarded such damages (See Friman v. Toledo Estates); and the HRTO has dismissed applications per s.34(11) of the Code because of parallel Small Claims Court proceedings (which wouldn't be possible if s.46.1 of the Code didn't give the Small Claims Court the jurisdiction to award damages).Dennis Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338198640943823828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560894381298667267.post-72768648283274954532013-08-27T12:39:45.591-07:002013-08-27T12:39:45.591-07:00Small claims court judges can't award damages ...Small claims court judges can't award damages under the Human Rights Code. Only regular judges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com