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Date: 20011025

Docket: A-478-00

Montréal, Quebec, October 25, 2001

Coram:             DESJARDINS J.A.

DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                                                        JUDGMENT

The application for judicial review is allowed, the decision of the umpire is quashed and the matter is referred back to the chief umpire or to an umpire appointed by him for the claimant's appeal to be allowed and the matter referred back to the board of referees for re-hearing.


The whole with costs.

Alice Desjardins

                                    J.A.

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.


Date: 20011025

Dockets: A-476-00

A-478-00

Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 323

CORAM:        DESJARDINS J.A.

DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

                                                                                                                                          Docket A-476-00

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                                                                                                                                        A-478-00

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                      Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec on October 25, 2001

                          Judgment from the bench at Montréal, Quebec on October 25, 2001

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:                                                     DÉCARY J.A.


Date: 20011025

Dockets: A-476-00

A-478-00

Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 323

CORAM:        DESJARDINS J.A.

DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

                                                                                                                                          Docket A-476-00

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                                                                                                                                        A-478-00

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant


                                       REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

                                          (Delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec

                                                                 on October 25, 2001)

DÉCARY J.A.

[1]                 We consider that these applications for judicial review should be allowed.

[2]                 The Commission cannot reconsider an application for benefits under s. 43(1) of the Unemployment Insurance Act after a thirty-six month delay unless under s. 43(6) it feels that a false or misleading statement was made.

[3]                 In the case at bar the Commission, in an initial decision, found that there was a false or misleading statement. In a second decision it revised its earlier decision, found the claimant ineligible and sought reimbursement of the overpayment. The claimant appealed both decisions to the board of referees.

[4]                 The board of referees upheld the two decisions but without dealing with the first in its reasons in any way. It goes without saying that under s. 79(1) of the Act the board of referees could not conclude without explanation that the claimant had made a false or misleading statement.


[5]                 The applications for judicial review will be allowed with costs, the decisions of the umpire quashed and the cases referred back to the chief umpire or an umpire appointed by him for the claimant's appeals to be allowed and the matters returned to the board of referees for re-hearing.

Robert Décary

                                    J.A.

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.


                                                  

                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                 APPEAL DIVISION

Date: 20011025

Dockets: A-476-00

A-478-00

Between:

                                   LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                         Plaintiff

                                                and

           THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                     Defendant

                                                                                                                                                    

       REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

                                                                                                                                                    


                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 APPEAL DIVISION

                              NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

FILES:                                                  A-476-00 and A-478-00

STYLE OF CAUSE:                           LEA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                            Plaintiff

and

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                                        Defendant

PLACE OF HEARING:                     Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                       October 25, 2001

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF COURT BY: DÉCARY J.A.

DATE:                                                   October 25, 2001

APPEARANCES:

Gilbert Nadon                                                                  FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Paul Deschênes                                                                 FOR THE DEFENDANT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:                                                                                                                  

Ouellet, Nadon & Associés                                              FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Montréal, Quebec

Morris Rosenberg                                                              FOR THE DEFENDANT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Montréal, Quebec


Date: 20011025

Docket: A-476-00

Montréal, Quebec, October 25, 2001

Coram:             DESJARDINS J.A.

DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                    LÉA CARRIÈRE

                                                                                                                                                          Plaintiff

                                                                                 and

                                                         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                        OF CANADA

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                                                        JUDGMENT

The application for judicial review is allowed, the decision of the umpire is quashed and the matter is referred back to the chief umpire or to an umpire appointed by him for the claimant's appeal to be allowed and the matter referred back to the board of referees for re-hearing.

The whole with costs.


Alice Desjardins

            J.A.

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.

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