NOVA SCOTIA COURT OF APPEAL
Citation: Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Nova Scotia
(Human Rights Commission), 2008 NSCA 108
Date: 20081119
Docket: CA 290521
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Halifax Regional Municipality
Appellant
v.
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and Mary Harnish
Respondents
Judge: The Honourable Justice M. Jill Hamilton
Appeal Heard: November 13, 2008
Subject: Human Rights, Interlocutory appeal
Summary: HRM appealed an interlocutory decision of a Board of Inquiry that decided: (1) co-workers named in the narrative section of the complaint form were not parties to the complaint; and (2) testimony concerning seven alleged examples of discrimination not included in the complaint form would be permitted at the hearing before it.
Issue: Was the interlocutory appeal premature?
Result: Appeal dismissed as being premature. Only in exceptional circumstances should interlocutory decisions of a Board of Inquiry be challenged in advance of the Board rendering its final decision.
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