Not exact matches
Like excuses for not doing homework every
adjudicator has seen a variety
of requests for a postponement or adjournment
of a hearing.
... According to the court, because the respondent was self - represented and not fully aware
of her rights, it was incumbent on the
adjudicator to consider the implications
of refusing to admit the letter and to inform the self - represented litigant
of the other options available to her [i.e. the option
of requesting an adjournment in order to secure the letter writer as a witness].
The current case is interesting because the Alberta Teachers» Association (ATA) now seeks to amend its Originating Application to the Court
of Queen's Bench to include a
request for declarations that selected provisions
of the Personal Information Protection Act SA 2003, c P - 6.5 (PIPA) and the PIPA Regulation, Alta Reg 366/2003 are unconstitutional, or that the
adjudicator's order is unconstitutional.
The mere fact that an
adjudicator determines a
request for reconsideration
of his or her own decision does not, in and
of itself, create a reasonable apprehension
of bias in the context
of this legislative scheme.
In
requesting the amendment and relying on the amended document in rendering its decision, the
adjudicator gave the appearance
of bias.