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Date: 20070917

Docket: A-421-06

Citation: 2007 FCA 290

 

CORAM:       DESJARDINS J.A.

                        DÉCARY J.A.

                        RYER J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

AIDAN BUTTERFIELD

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

 

 

 

Heard at Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 17, 2007.

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 17, 2007.

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE  COURT BY:                                        DESJARDINS J.A.

 


Date: 20070917

Docket: A-421-06

Citation: 2007 FCA 290

 

CORAM:       DESJARDINS J.A.

                        DÉCARY J.A.

                        RYER J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

AIDAN BUTTERFIELD

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

 

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 17, 2007)

DESJARDINS J.A.

[1]               The Appellant has not persuaded us that there is any merit in his argument.

 

[2]               With respect in particular to file T-5-05, the Tribunal exercised its jurisdiction when it dismissed the appeal for failure on the part of the Appellant to appear at the hearing.

 

[3]               The appeal will be dismissed with costs.

 

"Alice Desjardins"

J.A.


 

 

 

FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

 

SOLICITORS OF RECORD

 

DOCKET:                                                                              A-421-06

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                                              Aidan Butterfield v. AGC

                                                                                               

PLACE OF HEARING:                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

 

DATE OF HEARING:                                                          September 17, 2007

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:                                     DESJARDINS J.A.

                                                                                                DÉCARY J.A.

                                                                                                RYER J.A.

 

 

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:                            DESJARDINS J.A.

 

 

DATED:                                                                                 September 17, 2007

 

APPEARANCES:

 

Aidan Butterfield                                                                       FOR THE APPELLANT

 

Cindy W. Mah                                                                         FOR THE RESPONDENT

 

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

 

Aidan Butterfield

Barrister and Solicitor

Richmond, B.C.

 

FOR THE APPELLANT

 

John H. Sims, Q.C.

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

 

FOR THE RESPONDENT

Ottawa, Ontario

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