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38072

Qingrong Qiu, et al. v. Tim Hortons Inc., et al.

(Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2019-03-26 Close file on Leave
2019-03-26 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), the respondent, Tim Hortons. Will not be filing a notice of taxation and bill of costs. Tim Hortons Inc.
2018-12-19 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), the applicants. Response to a cost submission received by the respondent, Tim Hortons. Dongmei Ye
2018-11-02 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2018-11-02 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2018-11-01 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal,
The time to serve and file the reply is extended pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada. The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number M48451, dated January 12, 2018, is dismissed with costs to the respondent, Tim Hortons Inc.
Dismissed, with costs
2018-10-01 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2018-06-05 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Letter Form), proof of service missing - consent by all parties by phone for late filling of the reply and confirmed that they ha received it., Completed on: 2018-10-02 Qingrong Qiu
2018-06-05 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form) Qingrong Qiu
2018-05-17 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2018-05-17 Tim Hortons Inc.
2018-04-26 Letter advising parties of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, (FILE OPENED 2018-04-26)
2018-03-23 Letter acknowledging receipt of an application for leave to appeal
2018-03-13 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Public access to information form missing. (rc'd on 2018-06-05)., Completed on: 2018-10-02 Qingrong Qiu

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Qiu, Qingrong Applicant Active
Ye, Dongmei Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Tim Hortons Inc. Respondent Active
Ontario Labour Relations Board Respondent Active
Director of Employment Standards Ontario Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Qiu, Qingrong

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: Ye, Dongmei

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: Tim Hortons Inc.

Counsel
Name
James D. Heeney
Contact information
Robinson Heeney LLP
1505-330 Bay St.
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2S8
Telephone: (416) 646-5169
FAX: (416) 583-5722
Email: jheeney@heeneyvokey.com

Party: Ontario Labour Relations Board

Counsel
Name
Leonard Marvy
Contact information
Ontario Labour Relations Board
505 University Avenue, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2P1
Telephone: (416) 326-7500
FAX: (416) 326-7531

Party: Director of Employment Standards Ontario

Counsel
Name
Katherine Ballweg
Contact information
Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario
Legal Services
11th Floor - 400 University Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1T7
Telephone: (416) 326-7979
FAX: (416) 326-7985
Email: katherine.ballweg@ontario.ca

Summary

Keywords

Employment law – Civil Procedure – Appeals – Rule of law, procedural fairness, constitutional rights, judicial review, status identity, interpreter, and representative assistance – Whether there was a miscarriage of justice – Whether the judge erred and whether there was a reasonable apprehension of bias – Whether costs were properly ordered.

Summary

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This proceeding arose out of an employment relationship between the applicant, Mr. Qiu, and his former employer, Tim Hortons Inc. The applicant brought a motion before Nordheimer J. requesting certain relief in relation to a judicial review application brought by the applicant from a decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Nordheimer J., in dismissing the motion, found that none of the issues raised by the applicant had any merit. In particular, with respect to the payroll records, Nordheimer J. accepted Tim Horton’s Inc. and the Ontario Labour Relations Board’s submission that all of the relevant material had been produced. The Divisional Court dismissed the application for judicial review on the basis that Nordheimer J. did not err and furthermore, that there was no evidence to support the applicant’s allegation of a denial of procedural fairness and bias. The Court of Appeal dismissed the motion for leave to appeal.

Lower court rulings

February 23, 2017
Ontario Superior Court of Justice

669/15, 2017 ONSC 1281

Applicant’s motion dismissed with costs fixed at $3,500

January 12, 2018
Court of Appeal for Ontario

M48451

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed with costs fixed at $500

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-02-27