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Date: 20070514

Docket: A-214-06

Citation: 2007 FCA 189

CORAM:       SEXTON J.A.

                        SHARLOW J.A.                   

                        MALONE J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Applicant

and

DOROTHY SVERKAS

Respondent

 

 

 

Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on May 14, 2007.

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on May 14, 2007.

 

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

 


Date: 20070514

Docket: A-214-06

Citation:  2007 FCA 189

 

CORAM:       SEXTON J.A.

                        SHARLOW J.A.                   

                        MALONE J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Applicant

and

DOROTHY SVERKAS

Respondent

 

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on May 14, 2007)

 

SHARLOW J.A.

[1]               This is an application by the Crown for judicial review of a decision of the Pension Appeals Board that followed Kent v. Canada, 2004 FCA 420.  We agree with the Pension Appeals Board that this case is not distinguishable from Kent.

 

[2]               For that reason this application for judicial review will be dismissed.

       “K. Sharlow”

J.A.


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

 

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

 

 

 

DOCKET:                                                      A-214-06

 

AN APPLICATION  FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW IN RESPECT OF THE DECISION OF THE DECISION MADE BY THE PENSION APPEALS BOARD ON MARCH 24, 2006, GRANTING THE RESPONDENT, MRS. SVERKAS, DISABILITY BENEFITS UNDER THE CANADA PENSION PLAN, R.S.C 1985.

 

 

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                      ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA v.

                                                                        DOROTHY SVERKAS           

 

PLACE OF HEARING:                                TORONTO, ONTARIO

 

DATE OF HEARING:                                  MAY 14, 2007

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF

THE COURT BY:                                          (SEXTON, SHARLOW & MALONE JJ.A.)       

 

DELIVERED FROM THE

BENCH BY:                                                   SHARLOW J.A.                           

 

 

APPEARANCES:

 

Ms. Florence Clancy

FOR THE APPLICANT

 

Ms. Dorothy Sverkas

FOR THE RESPONDENT

(Self-Represented)

 

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

 

John H. Sims, Q.C.

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

 

FOR THE APPLICANT

 

Ms. Dorothy Sverkas

Richmond Hill, Ontario

 

FOR THE RESPONDENT

(Self-Represented)

 

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