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Date: 2001030

Docket: A-470-00

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                          Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 326

CORAM:         LINDEN J.A.

EVANS J.A.

MALONE J.A.                                    

BETWEEN:

                                               

AVTAR SINGH BANWAIT

Applicant

                                                                       

                                                                   - and -                               

                                                                       

                                                                       

MARIE GRIGORATUS

(METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                               

Respondents

                                                                                                                                               

Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, October 29, 2001

Judgment delivered at Toronto, Ontario,

on Tuesday, October 30, 2001

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:                                                                LINDEN J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY:                                                                                     EVANS J.A.

MALONE J.A.


Date: 20011030

Docket: A-470-00

                                                      Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 326

CORAM:         LINDEN J.A.

EVANS J.A.                                 

MALONE J.A.

BETWEEN:

AVTAR SINGH BANWAIT

Applicant

                                                     

                                                 - and -                         

                                                     

                                                     

MARIE GRIGORATUS

(METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                           

Respondents

                                                                                                           

                            REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

LINDEN J.A.

This is an application for judicial review of a decision of an Umpire dismissing an application for reconsideration dated June 2, 2000 of an earlier decision of his dated December 17, 1999.


Based on the majority decision of Haberman, [2000] F.C.J. No. 1215, the Umpire had no jurisdiction to decide the matter at issue, that is, the calculation of the number of hours worked by the Applicant, which according to sections 90(1)(d) and 122 of the Employment Insurance Act must be decided by an officer of the Department of National Revenue.

As a result, the application will be allowed and the matter will be referred back to the Chief Umpire to order the Commission to refer the matter to the Minister of National Revenue for determination of the number of hours worked by the Applicant prior to June 29, 1998, the date of his claim.

    "A. M. Linden"   

                                                                                                      J.A.                          

"I agree

John M. Evans"

"I agree

B. Malone"


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                  Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                                            A-470-00

STYLE OF CAUSE:                             AVTAR SINGH BANWAIT

Applicant

                                                     

- and -                         

MARIE GRIGORATUS

(METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                           

Respondents

                                                                                                           

DATE OF HEARING:                        MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2001

PLACE OF HEARING:                      TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: LINDEN J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY:                        EVANS J.A.

MALONE J.A.

DATED:                                              TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001

APPEARANCES BY:                      Mr. Avtar Banwait

For the Applicant, on his own behalf

Mr. Derek Edwards

For the Respondents

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:          Avtar Singh Banwait

62 Fox Hill Drive

Maple, Ontario

L6A 1K1                                                         

For the Applicant, on his own behalf

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada     


For the Respondents


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 20011030

Docket: A-470-00

BETWEEN:

AVTAR SINGH BANWAIT

Applicant

                                                     

                                                 - and -                         

                                                     

                                                     

MARIE GRIGORATUS

(METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                           

Respondents

                                                                                                           

                                                                      

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

                                                                     


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