In Sieluzyck v.Ontario (Div Court, 2024) the Divisional Court considered a court-system embarrassing case where seven separate party's counsel appeared to dispute a procedurally-messy multi-respondent self-presenter applicant HRTO JR (the whole case isn't long).
Here the court obviously makes extensive efforts to accomodate the self-presenting applicant (here with a misconceived time extension JRPA s.5 issue) - extending beyond the classical judicial role to one of almost amicus:
[1] In my endorsement dated June 13, 2024, I urged Mr. Sieluzycki to speak to a lawyer or a legal clinic about this application for judicial review of multiple administrative tribunal decisions.
[2] In that endorsement, I also scheduled a motion in writing for Mr. Sieluzycki to seek an extension of time to bring this proceeding under s. 5(2) of the Judicial Review Procedure Act, RSO 1990, c J.1. I waived all procedural technicalities to allow Mr. Sieluzycki to simply explain to the court why his application: (a) has merit; and (b) why there is no prejudice to the respondents due to Mr. Sieluzycki’s delay in commencing this proceeding. I also explained the necessity for Mr. Sieluzycki to satisfy the court of these two issues as required by s. 5 (2) of the statute.
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