INDEX

Adjournment2.3.3; 3.7.2.1

criminal proceedings 2.3.3
grievance 2.3.3
motion 2.3.3
procedure 2.2.1
reasons for 2.3.3
refusal 2.3.2
right to counsel 1.1.3.6

Administrative privilege 3.3.3

Admissibility of evidence 3.3

Admissions 3.4.4

extrajudicial 3.4.4
indivisibility 3.7.4
judicial 3.4.4
probative force 3.7.4
withdrawal 3.7.4

Amending and rehearing 1.1.1.6; 5.3; 5.4

Appeal 1.1.1.3; 1.1.1.4

late 2.3.2

Board of Referees 1.1.1

chairperson 1.1.1.2; 1.1.3.4; 1.2.2; 2.2.2
clerk 2.2.1
collegiality 1.2.2
dispute resolution 1.2.3
equal representation 1.2.1
membership 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 2.2.1
procedure 1.1.3.3
quorum 1.2.1; 1.2.2
representation 1.1.3.6

Burden of proof 3.2

benefit of the doubt to the claimant 3.2
reversal 3.2
standard 3.1
beyond a doubt 3.1
preponderance 3.1

Chairperson 1.2; 2.2; 3.7.2.1; 3.8

impartiality 1.1.2.2.1
powers 1.1.1.2
recusal 2.3.4
reopen hearings 5.1

Charters of rights 1.1.1.4

Clerk 2.2.1

appoints members, lists cases 1.1.2.2.2
not privy to deliberations 5.2

Closing of the hearing 3.8

Confidentiality

administrative privilege 3.3.3
professional and medical secrecy 3.3.4

Conflicts of interestseeImpartiality

Commission 1.1.1.3; 1.1.2.1.2; 1.1.2.2.2

Corroboration 3.7

Counsel (right to) 1.1.3.6

adjournment 2.3.3

Credibility (witnesses) 1.1.1.5; 3.6; 3.7; 3.7.2.1; 5.2.1

Decision 5.2

amending and rehearing 1.1.1.6; 5.3

appeals to the Umpire 5.5
dissent 1.1.3.4; 2.2.1; 5.1; 5.4
judicial review before the Federal Court 5.6
quorum 1.2.1; 1.2.2
reasons 5.2.1
required in writing 5.2
structure 5.2.2

Deliberations 5.1

Directives 1.1.1.2; 1.1.3.1; 3.6; 4.1; 4.2; 5.4

Disclosure

docket 3.6
evidence 3.6

Discrimination 1.1.1.3; 1.1.1.4; 3.2

Dissent 1.1.3.4; 2.2.1; 5.1; 5.2

Employer

representation of interests 1.2.1

Employment Insurance Act

benefit of doubt to claimants 1.2.3; 3.2
objective 1.2.3
requirements in decisions 5.2.2
sets out jurisdiction 1.1.1.3
system for appeal 1.1.3; 5.2.1
Umpire's decision final 5.6

Equal representation 1.1.2.2.1; 1.2.1

Evidence 3

administrative privilege 3.3.3
admissibility 3.3
admissions 3.4.4
appropriate rules 1.1.3.5
autonomy 3
burden 3.2
charter (contrary to) 3.3.2
decision based on 3.1
direct 3.4.1
disclosure 3.6
indirect 3.4
hearsay 3.3.6
judicial notice 3.3.1
medical secrecy 3.3.4
natural justice 3.1
physical 3.4.5
probative value 3.7
professional secrecy 3.3.4
refusal 3.1
relevance 3.5
selfincriminating testimony 3.3.5
sources 3.1
standard 3.1
testimony 3.4.2; 3.7.2
writing (documentary) 3.4.1; 3.7.1

Examination

crossexamination 3.7.2.1.2
credibility 3.7.2.1.2
direct evidence 3.7
hearsay 3.3.6
inconsistent statements 3.7.2.1.2
leading questions 3.7.2.1.2
relevance 3.7.2.1.2
examination in chief 3.7.2.1.1
impeaching one's witness 3.7.2.1.1
inconsistent statements 3.7.2.1.1
leading questions 3.7.2.1.1
refreshing one's memory 3.7.2.1.1
role of the tribunal 3.7.2.1.3

Hearing

adjournment see Adjournment
authorized persons 2.2.2
closing 3.8
delay 2.2
duration 2.4
incamera proceedings 1.1.3.7
notice 2.1; 2.2
place 2.4
publicity 1.1.3.7
recording 2.2.2
reopening 5.1
request 1.1.1.5
room 2.4

Hearsay 3.3.6

Independence 1.1.2; 1.1.2.1

in deliberations 5.1
individual 1.1.2.1.1
institutional 1.1.2.1.2

Ignorance of the law 2.3.2

Impartiality1.1.2; 1.1.2.2

conduct 1.1.2.2.1
conflicts of interest 1.1.2.2.1
hostility 1.1.2.2.1
individual aspect 1.1.2.2.1
institutional aspect 1.1.2.2.2
recusal 1.1.2.2.2; 2.3.4
sitting in appeal 1.1.2.2.1
statements 1.1.2.2.1

In-camera proceedings 1.1.3.7; 3.7.2.1

Interpretation (statutes and regulations), see Rules of interpretation

Interpreter 2.3.5

Judicial notice 3.3.1

Jurisdiction

appeal (concept) 1.1.1.2
constitutional questions 1.1.1.4
membership (of a board) 1.2.1; 1.2.2
jurisdiction of a tribunal 1.1.1.3
preliminary objection 2.3.1
statutory 1.1.1.3

Language 2.3.5

Leading questions 3.7.2.1.1; 3.7.2.1.2

Media 1.1.3.7

Medical certificates / records 3.3.4; 3.7.2.2

Membership (of a board) 1.2.1; 1.2.2

Motions

to adjourn 2.3.3
to recuse 2.3.4

Natural justice (principles of)1.1.1.5; 1.1.2; 1.1.3.5; 2.2.2; 2.3.3; 3.3.6; 3.5; 3.6; 5.1; 5.4

adjournment 2.3.3
nature of the hearing 1.1.1.5
late appeals 2.3.2
rehearing, selfreview 1.1.1.6
the right to be heard 1.1.5

New facts 5.3

Objectionssee  Preliminary objections

Partiality  seeImpartiality

Preliminary objections 2.3

adjournment 2.3.3
appeal is late 2.3.2
linguistic grounds 2.3.5
recusal 2.3.4
tribunal's jurisdiction 2.3.1

Presumptions

3.4.3; 3.4.4
admissions 3.7.3
probative value

Probative value 3.7

admissions 3.7.4
credibility 3.7.2.1
opinions 3.7.2.2
testimony 3.7.2
writings 3.7.1
crossexamination 3.7.2.1.2
examination 3.7.2
expert 3.7.2.2
ordinary witnesses 3.7.2.1

Procedure

characteristics 1.1.3
efficiency 1.1.3.1
inquisitorial 1.1.3.2
role of the chairperson 1.1.3.4; 2.2.1; 2.2.2
role of the clerk 2.2.1
speed 1.1.3.1

Public interest privilege 3.3.3

Questions of fact, law 1.1.1.1

Quorum 1.2.1; 1.2.2

Record

advance notice required 3.7.1
copy requested 1.1.3.7
decision 5.2
de novo considered 5.4
disclosure of 3.6
dissent 5.1
evidence, in the 3.3.1
late receipt of 2.3.3
medical 3.3.4
of proceedings 2.2
prior notice, in the 2.1
roles of chair, clerk 2.2.1; 2.2.2

Recording (sound, video)

crossexamine on 3.7.2.1.1
for excluded claimant, witness 1.1.3.7; 3.7.2.1
illegally obtained 3.3.2
physical evidence 3.4.5
probative value 3.7.5
role of chair, clerk 2.2.1; 2.2.2

Rehearing (and amending) 1.1.6; 5.3; 5.4

Relevance (evidence) 3.1; 3.3; 3.5

Representation 1.1.3.6

right to 1.1.3.6
role of 1.1.3.6

Res judicata3.7.3.1

Rules of interpretation 
statutes and regulations 4.1; 4.2
ordinary or literal construction 4.2.1
purposive (legislator's intent) 4.2.3
systematic and logic 4.2.2

Standard of proof 3.1

Testimony 3.4.2; 3.7; 3.7.2.2

in camera 1.1.3.7
selfincriminating 3.3.5

Witnesses 3.4.2; 3.7.4

credibility 3.7.2.1.1; 3.7.2.1.2
exclusion from court 3.7.2.1
expert 3.7.2.2
subpoena 2.2.2

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