Is a crown attorney acting for the applicant in a litigation between parties not providing a service to the opposing party?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Harisson v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2011 HRTO 2067 (CanLII):
The crown attorney was not acting for the applicant. In litigation between parties, counsel for one party is not providing a service to the opposing party within the meaning of “services” under the Code: Cooper v. Pinkofskys, 2008 HRTO 390.
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