Is it in the public interest to accept a late-filed human rights complaint?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rosen v. Canfor Pulp and others, 2011 BCHRT 72 (CanLII):
I accept that it may be in the public interest to accept a late-filed complaint where a complainant has shown that the delay in filing was the result of ongoing efforts to negotiate a settlement of the subject matter of the human rights complaint: Cheng v. Scenic Fashion, 2004 BCHRT 312, para. 6.
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