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Decision A0481.10 Full Text of Decision A0481.10

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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On October 28, 1999, the employer informed all its employees that the plant would be closing and paid an amount as floating holiday pay, severance pay and vacation pay. The Commission allocated the amounts as of October 24, 1999. By decision dated December 13, 2007, the BOR concluded that the separation of employment occurred on December 31, 1999, and that the earnings should be allocated as of that date. The Commission allocated the earnings as of December 31, 1999, re-calculated the overpayments for each claimant and issued new notices of overpayment. By another decision dated June 26, 2009, the BOR allowed the claimants appeal finding that the revised notices of overpayment constituted new decisions made outside of the timeframe of s. 52 of the EIA and also found that the new decisions constituted new facts under s. 120 of the EIA. The FCA concluded that the Commission’s actions following the December 13, 2007, decision were merely an application of this decision and not new decisions. Consequently, the deadline for reconsideration found at s. 52 of the EIA was not applicable to the situation. With respect to s. 120 of the EIA, the FCA found that the Commission’s new calculations were not new facts.

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reconsideration of claim authority to review time limitation

Decision A0269.10 Full Text of Decision A0269.10

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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In his initial decision, the Umpire allowed the Commission's appeal finding that the Commission had properly allocated the money received by the claimant and his co-workers. The claimant requested reconsideration of the Umpire's decision under s. 120 of the EIA. In support of his request, the claimant submitted a certified copy of a Proposal to Creditors as an alleged new fact. An uncertified copy of the same proposal was before the Umpire when he rendered the initial decision. The Umpire dismissed the request for reconsideration. The FCA dismissed the application finding that the Umpire had reasonably concluded that the alleged new fact was not material to the claimant's claim and consequently did not meet the new facts test.


Decision A0278.08 Full Text of Decision A0278.08

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The FCA was not persuaded that the Umpire made any error warranting the court's intervention in refusing the applications to reconsider his decisions under section 120 of the EIA. In particular, the alleged new evidence was not before the Umpire when he made the reconsideration decisions, nor did it meet the discoverability requirement as it referred to events that had already occured and were known prior to the hearings before the BOR and Umpire and could have been presented in those hearings if the claimants had acted diligently. In addition, the FCA noted that the claimants appeared to be asking the court to conduct a new hearing on the merits of their applications for benefits as well as the imposition of penalties and notices of violation against them and correctly stated that it cannot do so. Similar case: A0279.08.


Decision A-0091.05 Full Text of Decision A-0091.05

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Claimant requested reconsideration of the Umpire¿s decision on the basis that a customs officer had obtained illegally the information that he was outside Canada while receiving EI benefits. The court concluded that such allegation is not a new fact as per section 120 of the EI Act.

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reconsideration of claim authority to review claimant's request new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision 61630A Full Text of Decision 61630A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Refer to summary indexed under FCA A-91-05

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reconsideration of claim authority to review claimant's request new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision A-0258.01 Full Text of Decision A-0258.01

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The claimant submitted an application to amend the Umpire's decision in light of facts she claimed were new. Application dismissed by the Umpire, who found that the claimant did not show that the evidence she was trying to introduce could not have been obtained by a diligent person at the time of her testimony before the BOR. Reference made to Chan (A-0185.94). Application for judicial review summarily dismissed.

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 48476A Full Text of Decision 48476A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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See summary indexed under FCA A-0258.01

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision A-0728.97 Full Text of Decision A-0728.97

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Umpire dismissed request to produce a doctor's certificate, saying that the evidence had been available during the hearing before the BOR, that the claimant had not tried to present a certificate at that time and that it did not constitute a new fact. FCA stated that the fundamental condition for new evidence is that it be material, in that it is likely to have a major impact on the resolution of the issue, if not to provide a complete solution.

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new
umpires jurisdiction request for review new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision 39748A Full Text of Decision 39748A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Ruled that the facts which the claimant presents as "new facts" do not constitute new facts within the meaning of that term according to FCA ruling in Conita Chan (A-0185.94) for the obvious reason that the payroll sheets consist of facts which could have been discovered by the claimant before he took his appeal before the BOR.


Decision 39562A Full Text of Decision 39562A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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New facts within the meaning of section 120 must be decisive in relation to the matter submitted. The fact that the claimant proved his availability for the period in question is not a new fact that was decisive for the case submitted, since the Umpire did not have to rule on the claimant’s availability but rather on his unemployment status.

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umpires jurisdiction request for review new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision A-0430.96 Full Text of Decision A-0430.96

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Claimant disqualified for having voluntarily left his employment without just cause. Decision upheld by BOR and Umpire. Claimant sought reconsideration by way of a decision rendered by an adjudicator under the Labour Standards Act (LSA). Decision maintained by Umpire. FCA held that reconsideration of the umpire's decision based on the decision of an adjudicator made in paralleled proceedings taken pursuant to the LSA was unnecessary since the factual conclusions of the adjudicator were not "new facts" within S.86 of the U.I. Act and were irrelevant to the issues before the umpire.

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umpires jurisdiction request for review new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission
voluntarily leaving employment applicability decision by another body

Decision A-0593.96 Full Text of Decision A-0593.96

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Umpire found that a "fact" cannot be considered "new" more than four years after it is brought to the attention of the parties concerned. In this case, the claimants were negligent in failing to clearly ask for my decision to be changed under s. 86 of the Act. Reference to Chan A-185.94. Court upheld the Umpire’s decision.

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reconsideration of claim new facts with diligence

Decision 36673 Full Text of Decision 36673

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Claimant asked to provide a list of job search but did not respond. Claimant not entitled as having failed to prove his availability. It was only after the claimant realized the consequences of refusing to provide a job search that he retained counsel and submitted the information he ought to have provided earlier. Job search lists cannot in the circumstances be considered new facts for the purpose of re-consideration. Refers to FCA in the case of Conita Chan A-185-94.


Decision 32724A Full Text of Decision 32724A

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Ruled that the facts submitted by the beneficiary were only a different version of facts already known. The information provided by the beneficiary contained no new facts, and could not provide grounds for intervention by the umpire. Reference to FCA ruling in Conita Chan (A-185-94).

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision A-0620.94 Full Text of Decision A-0620.94

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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New evidence was presented before me in the form of written statements by four other former employees that corroborated the evidence of claimant, said the Umpire. We do not believe that it was really new evidence in this case, but rather a reiteration by claimant of facts already before the Board.

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 25663 Full Text of Decision 25663

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Refer to: A-0620.94

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umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 28950 Full Text of Decision 28950

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The only new fact in the present instance is simply the judgment, which is a judicial fact, but not new facts which form the basis of this case. The Umpire cannot be bound by the decision of another tribunal.


Decision 27484 Full Text of Decision 27484

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Some time after the appeal was allowed by the Board, claimant entered a plea of guilty to the criminal offence of fraud and was sentenced. Held by the Board that it was bound by the facts it deemed material at the time of its decision. In my view, the Board erred in law.

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misconduct criminal acts

Decision A-0185.94 Full Text of Decision A-0185.94

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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A different version of facts already known to claimant, mere afterthoughts or the sudden realization of the consequences of acts done in the past are not new facts. New facts, for reconsideration by an Umpire under s. 86, are facts that either happened after the decision was rendered or prior to the decision but that could not have been discovered by a claimant acting diligently. In both cases the facts alleged must have been decisive of the issue.

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antedate ignorance of the law good faith
antedate ignorance of the law not an excuse
umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 26080 Full Text of Decision 26080

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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CUB 5785A set forth a 3-fold test for the proper introduction of new facts. First, the evidence was not obtainable with reasonable diligence for use at the trial. Second, it would have an important influence on the result, not necessarily decisive. Three, it must be apparently credible.


Decision 23835A Full Text of Decision 23835A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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As stated in CUB 7349, new facts may only be introduced in evidence if they did not exist at the time of the hearing before the Board, or could not have been known to the claimant before the hearing. The letter now submitted (stating that he was employed part-time while he was a student) merely sets out facts which were certainly known to the claimant at the time of the hearing, and is therefore an attempt to very belatedly after an adverse decisionin an Umpire appeal introduce new evidence.


Decision A-0263.93 Full Text of Decision A-0263.93

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Claimant sought to have the Umpire's decision reconsidered by providing a detailed Record of Searching for Work found among his papers some time after the hearing. No new fact under s. 86, said the Umpire, for he told the Board that he was looking for other work. No comment by Federal Court.


Decision 20981A Full Text of Decision 20981A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Refer to: A-0263.93


Decision 23146 Full Text of Decision 23146

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Without prejudice rule raised. Held that the statement "The terms of this settlement shall not be referred to in any subsequent proceedings between the parties" does not apply to proceedings before the Umpire, not being between the employer and the claimant. New facts allowed as part of the record.

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misconduct court judgments or out-of-court settlements
umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 22053A Full Text of Decision 22053A

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Without prejudice rule examined and discussed. Settlement agreement providing for general damages contained a without prejudice caution and is not admissible in evidence as proof that the loss of employment was not due to the claimant's misconduct. Consequently, they are not new facts under s.86.

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misconduct court judgments or out-of-court settlements

Decision 22638 Full Text of Decision 22638

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Letter submitted subsequent to Board's decision tending to show that settlement monies were paid as discrimination damages, not for loss of salary. An Umpire cannot receive new evidence going to the merits of a claim. Furthermore, this evidence is not analogous to "new facts" under s. 86.

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earnings awards nature of monies
umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 21653A Full Text of Decision 21653A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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If failing in a decision to adopt one line of jurisprudence in preference to another, or decisions rendered subsequently could justify reconsideration of a decision already rendered, the state of the law would be chaotic, not only in UI cases but in allcases of law.

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earnings income elected or appointed representative

Decision A-0109.92 Full Text of Decision A-0109.92

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The new evidence, i.e. the oral testimony given before another tribunal by the employer's representative long after the Board's hearing, was of such a nature to contradict the position adopted by the employer at the hearing and could consequently affect the assessment of his credibility.


Decision 18287 Full Text of Decision 18287

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Refer to: A-0109.92


Decision 20334A Full Text of Decision 20334A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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A reading of s.86 indicates that the power therein is fairly circumscribed. Indeed, case law directs an Umpire to enquire whether any new fact submitted was not available to the appellant and could not have been available after the exercise of due diligence to obtain it.

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week of unemployment for a spouse

Decision 19544A Full Text of Decision 19544A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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This is not a proper ground for the exercise by me of a power of rescission of my decision pursuant to s.86. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in no way constitutes "new facts". Cases already decided cannot be constantly reopened because of laterlegal interpretations. Nor does the ground based on s.15 of the Charter involve any "new facts" under s.86 or demonstrate any mistake of fact in my decision of 4-91. In relying on s.15 at this time, the claimant is simply raising a legal argument which he could have raised before me at the hearing.

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earnings pension charter
umpires jurisdiction request for review new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision 19530A Full Text of Decision 19530A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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I do not consider that the affidavit now filed can be regarded as "new facts". He has simply provided proper evidence for the first time in support of facts which he had already referred to in previous interviews and statements.

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voluntarily leaving employment working conditions unsatisfactory

Decision 17025A Full Text of Decision 17025A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The information which the claimant suggests is "new" was within his capacity to know prior to the hearing before the Board and is not "new" in the sense of that word as defined by jurisprudence.


Decision 18856 Full Text of Decision 18856

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Asks the Board to review its decision and provides supporting documents: job search and financial statements. The evidence she is now seeking to introduce does not constitute in any way new facts of which she was unaware at that time.

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board of referees jurisdiction request for review new facts

Decision 18609 Full Text of Decision 18609

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Commission's decision overturned by FC. Claimant's name not in the list of cases. I doubt this can be dealt with under s.86. No fact is new, nor has anyone made any mistake as to a material fact. It would be stretching the meaning of new fact to includean issue of law.

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board of referees appeal system test cases
board of referees special reasons definition time to appeal to bor and Umpire

Decision 17152 Full Text of Decision 17152

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Disqualification for voluntary leaving removed by Board. Employer appeals on the basis that a provincial judge ruled that claimant quit. That decision constitutes new evidence which was not before the Board. Appeal referred back to Board for rehearing.

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misconduct court judgments or out-of-court settlements

Decision 16241A Full Text of Decision 16241A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The letter from the doctor does not contain any new facts. These existed on 8-2-89 but, for whatever reason, were not presented to the Umpire or Board. It is one's responsibility to present all pertinent facts. If one does not do so, this alone does notmake a fact a new fact.


Decision 14800 Full Text of Decision 14800

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Refer to: A-0369.88

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misconduct proof
misconduct court judgments or out-of-court settlements
umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision A-0369.88 Full Text of Decision A-0369.88

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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The Umpire was entitled under s. 86 to receive and consider as additional evidence the agreement reached before the Labour Board, which was not submitted to the Board of Referees. Since new facts may be presented to an Umpire under s. 86, it was correct to allow claimant's appeal.

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misconduct proof
misconduct court judgments or out-of-court settlements
umpires jurisdiction evidence new

Decision 14572A Full Text of Decision 14572A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Conflicting decisions by other Umpires do not constitute new facts under s.86. An Umpire cannot himself change his decision on the basis of conflicting decisions subsequently rendered by other Umpires.

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umpires jurisdiction request for review new facts to BOR, Umpire or Commission

Decision 13046A Full Text of Decision 13046A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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Neither the submissions nor the affidavit refer to contain new facts in the sense that these facts were not known or available to the claimant at the time of the hearing before the Board of Referees.


Decision 13228A Full Text of Decision 13228A

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reconsideration of claim new facts definition
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It is surely not too much to expect that the claimant tell the whole story from the very outset and not keep stringing the Commission, the Board and the Umpire along with allegedly new facts [under s.86] until after the Umpire has rendered a decision.

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