What is the effect of time limits in human rights cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Berr v. Horizon North Manufacturing and others, 2014 BCHRT 88 (CanLII):
I am mindful that the purpose of the time limit provisions is “to ensure that complainants pursue their human rights remedies with some speed and to allow respondents the comfort of performing their activities without the possibility of dated complaints:” Chartier v. School District No. 62, 2002 BCHRT 39, para. 12.
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