. Petrykowski v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada
In Petrykowski v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada (Ont Divisional Ct, 2025) the Divisional Court dismissed a JR against the Federation of Law Societies of Canada ('FLSC'), here against a dismissal of an HRTO application involving a FLSC foreign (UK) law degree accreditation decision.
Here the court finds that conducting an HRTO proceeding by way of written hearing was procedurally fair:
[12] The Applicant submits that the process was unfair because it was conducted in writing. This Court has previously found that this streamlined, in writing process is not unfair: Wu v. Toronto Ombudsman, 2023 ONSC 6192, at paras. 40-41. Both the HRTO rules and this Court recognize that in an individual matter, a different process may be needed. However, this application does not raise issues that require a different process in order to be fair.
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