2020-Ģ��ƵAT-997

Ģ��ƵAT Held or Ģ��ƵDT Pronouncements

Ģ��ƵAT considered an application by Ģ��ƵJSPB for interpretation of judgment No. 2019-Ģ��ƵAT-912 related to the calculation and payment of interest. Ģ��ƵAT held that there was nothing unclear or ambiguous about the terms of the order and that the application for interpretation was inadmissible on those grounds alone. Ģ��ƵAT opined that, in actuality, the Ģ��ƵJSPB sought to appeal the judgment on the grounds that Ģ��ƵAT erred in making an award of interest, which Ģ��ƵJSPB believed was inconsistent with its Regulations. Noting that judgments of Ģ��ƵAT are final and without appeal, Ģ��ƵAT held that this attempt to appeal was impermissible. To hold that Ģ��ƵAT had no statutory jurisdiction to order the payment of interest would mean that Ģ��ƵAT would be unable to remedy wrongful conduct by placing an aggrieved applicant in the same position she or he would have been in but for the unlawful administrative decision. Ģ��ƵAT dismissed the application for interpretation of judgment as inadmissible.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

In judgment No. 2019-Ģ��ƵAT-912, Ģ��ƵAT rescinded the decision of Ģ��ƵJSPF to deny the Appellant widow��s benefits and ordered Ģ��ƵJSPF to make payment to her within 14 days of the date of the issuance of the judgment with interest, and an additional five per cent interest if the payment was not executed in a timely manner.

Legal Principle(s)

An application for interpretation will only be admitted if the meaning or scope of a judgment is unclear or ambiguous. Judgments of Ģ��ƵAT are final and without appeal.

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Revision, correction, interpretation or execution

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