Desrochers v. Canada (Procureure Général), docket T-1567-98

     Date: 20000306

     Docket: T-1567-98

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, THE 6^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2000

PRESENT:      THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE TEITELBAUM

BETWEEN:     

LOUIS DESROCHERS

Applicant

AND

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

     Motion by the applicant to:

-      obtain a period of 45 days to prepare additional affidavits;

-      adjourn to a later date the judicial review hearing scheduled for March 20, 2000.

[Rules 8(1), 47(1), 359 and 364 of the Federal Court Rules, 1998]

O R D E R

     The motion is dismissed, with costs of $250.00.

Max M. Teitelbaum

J.

Certified true translation

Martine Brunet, LL.B.

     Date: 20000307

     Docket: T-1567-98

Between:     

LOUIS DESROCHERS

Applicant

AND

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

REASONS FOR ORDER

TEITELBAUM J.:

[1]      This is a motion by the applicant to file some additional affidavits and to adjourn the judicial review hearing scheduled for March 20, 21 and 22, 2000.

[2]      Immediately after the hearing, I notified the applicant that the motion would be dismissed with costs fixed at $250.00.

[3]      The brief reasons for my order are the following:

[4]      First, the applicant filed his motion without attaching an affidavit thereto.

[5]      Second, the applicant wishes to obtain leave to file two additional affidavits in support of his application for judicial review without providing the names of the affiants, without disclosing to the Court the content of the affidavits and without demonstrating to the Court how or why these affidavits are necessary and relevant for the judicial review hearing.

[6]      The motion is dismissed.

     Max M. Teitelbaum

     J.

Certified true translation

Martine Brunet, LL.B.

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Federal Court of Canada

Trial Division

Date: 20000306

     Docket: T-1567-98

Between:     

LOUIS DESROCHERS

Applicant

AND

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

REASONS FOR ORDER

FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

TRIAL DIVISION

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET NO:          T-1567-98

STYLE:              LOUIS DESROCHERS

Applicant

AND

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:      Montréal

DATE OF HEARING:      March 6, 2000

REASONS FOR ORDER OF TEITELBAUM J.

DATED:              March 6, 2000

APPEARANCES:

Alain Tremblay                      for the Applicant

Raymond Piché and

Richard Turgeon                      for the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

DAVID & DAVID

Montréal, Quebec                      for the Applicant

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Ottawa, Ontario                      for the Respondent