Is unavailability of counsel a legitimate reason to adjourn an adjournment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brown v. Paula Meier Associates Inc., 2012 HRTO 1766 (CanLII):
Absent exceptional circumstances, unavailability of counsel has not been viewed as a legitimate reason to grant an adjournment. See for example, Vallentyne v. Royal Canadian Legion 2009 HRTO 534 at paragraph 6 and Vallentyne v. Royal Canadian Legion 2009 HRTO 660 at paragraph 5.
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