Date: 20000515

     Docket: A-711-98

CORAM:      DÉCARY J.A.

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

NÖEL J.A.

BETWEEN:

     MADELEINE DU MESNIL

     Applicant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec, on Monday, May 15, 2000

     Judgment delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on Monday, May 15, 2000

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT:      DÉCARY J.A.

Date: 20000515

Docket: A-711-98

CORAM:      DÉCARY J.A.

         LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

         NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

     MADELEINE DU MESNIL

     Applicant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

     (Delivered from the bench at Montréal,

     Quebec, on Monday, May 15, 2000)

DÉCARY J.A.

[1]          Despite Mr. de Merchant's argument, we are not convinced that there is any reason to intervene except, of course, with respect to the weeks which the respondent recognizes as weeks of unemployment.

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[2]          The application for judicial review will be allowed, the umpire's decision will be set aside and the matter will be referred back to the chief umpire or to an umpire designated by him for redetermination on the basis that the weeks between July 12, 1993, and December 10, 1993, were weeks of unemployment, but that the other weeks were not. There will be no award of costs.

     Robert Décary

     J.A.

    

Certified true translation

Peter Douglas

     FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     APPEAL DIVISION

     NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT FILE NO.:          A-711-98

STYLE OF CAUSE:          MADELEINE DU MESNIL

Applicant

         - and -

    

         ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:          MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC

DATE OF HEARING:          MONDAY, MAY 15, 2000

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY

DÉCARY J.A.

APPEARANCES:          William de Merchant

For the applicant

Paul Deschênes

For the respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Campeau, Ouellet, Nadon, Barabé, Cyr, de Merchant, Bernstein, Cousineau, Heap, Palardy Avocats 1406 Beaudry Street P.O. Box 95, Station C Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J7      For the respondent

Morris Rosenberg Attorney General of Canada Ottawa, Ontario For the applicant

Office of the umpire Place de Ville, Tower B 112 Kent Street, 9th floor P.O. Box 8966 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3J2      For the tribunal