(i) Commission Error
An Umpire is bound by the law and cannot refuse to apply it even in the name of equity or fairness. Neither Boards of Referees nor Umpires have the jurisdiction to accord claimants redress for damage occasioned to them by misinformation or error on the part of Commission employees. The remedy for a claimant in this position is an action in damages which he or she may bring directly in the ordinary courts of law.
Calder v. Minister of Employment and Immigration, [1980] 1 F.C. 842 (F.C.A.) A-233-79 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
Granger v. C.E.I.C., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 141 (S.C.C.) File no. 19959 Judgments of The Supreme Court Of Canada; affirming [1986] 3 F.C. 70 (F.C.A.) A-684-85 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
Canada (A.G.) v. Duffenais [1993], F.C.J. No. 387 (F.C.A.) A-551-92 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
Barzan v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), April 1, 1993, F.C.J. No. 311 (F.C.A.) A-373-92 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
Canada (A.G.) v. Tjong, October 3, 1996, F.C.J. No. 1345 (F.C.A.) A-672-95 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
Canada (A.G.) v. Romero, May 14, 1997, F.C.J. No. 613 (F.C.A.), A-815-96
Judgment of the federal court of appealCanada (A.G.) v. Buors, [2002] F.C.J. No. 1403 (F.C.A.) A-294-01 Judgment of the federal court of appeal
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