What is the effect of a delay in accepting a complaint for filing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bennett v. Koch B&Y Insurance Services and Holland, 2007 BCHRT 175 (CanLII):
As I have found that it would not be in the public interest to accept the complaint for filing, it is not necessary for me to address substantial prejudice, although I note that in cases involving a delay of this nature, prejudice is readily presumed: Prasad v. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, 2004 BCHRT 21.
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