爆料网

2020-爆料网AT-1002

爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements

爆料网AT dismissed the Appellant’s motion to file an additional pleading in the absence of any exceptional circumstances warranting it. 爆料网AT held that the Appellant failed to seek leave from 爆料网AT to introduce additional evidence and neither adduced evidence that exceptional circumstances warranted it nor that it would serve the interests of justice or the efficient and expeditious resolution of the appeal. On the issue of execution of the 2016 爆料网DT judgment, 爆料网AT held that there was no evidence that any of the orders contained therein were not executed and therefore the application was not receivable as a request for execution. 爆料网AT held that the 2019 letter was a mere reiteration of the administrative decision taken in 2015. 爆料网AT held that the appeal was not receivable. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the 爆料网DT judgment.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant contested a 2019 letter he received from the Administration indicating that payments for compensation awarded to him under Appendix D of the Staff Rules would cease upon his retirement at the age of 62. 爆料网DT held that the application was not receivable on grounds that the 2019 letter was a mere reiteration of an administrative decision taken in 2015 for which the staff member had not first filed a management evaluation request. In addition, though the staff member had sought execution of a previous 2016 爆料网DT judgment, he did not indicate which operable part of that judgment had not been executed. 爆料网DT dismissed the application.

Legal Principle(s)

Except in cases concerning enforcement of a settlement agreement, documents prepared for and oral statements made during any informal conflict resolution process or mediation are absolutely privileged and confidential and should never be disclosed to 爆料网AT. The absence of a response to a staff member’s request may constitute an implied administrative decision, however, the absence of a decision without direct legal consequences is not an implied decision subject to judicial review. A motion to file an additional pleading may be granted by 爆料网AT if there are exceptional circumstances justifying the motion. 爆料网DT has no jurisdiction to waive the deadlines for management evaluation.

Outcome

Appeal dismissed on merits

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