2022-Ģ��ƵAT-1224

Ģ��ƵAT Held or Ģ��ƵDT Pronouncements

Ģ��ƵAT considered an application for revision of Judgment No. 2021-Ģ��ƵAT-1106. With reference to Article 11 of the Ģ��ƵAT Statute, Ģ��ƵAT held that it was neither satisfied that the blank tax returns as provided by Mr. Giles�� were unknown to the Ģ��ƵAT and to the party applying for the revision at the time the relevant Judgment was rendered nor that the blank tax returns were a decisive fact. Ģ��ƵAT held that the Applicant reiterated arguments he had made previously, which was not the purpose nor intention of an application for revision of judgment. Ģ��ƵAT dismissed the application for revision.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

Previously, the Applicant challenged the decision of the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims (ABCC) not to reverse its prior recommendation to the Secretary-General to discontinue his partial disability benefit. In Judgment No. 2021-Ģ��ƵAT-1106, Ģ��ƵAT affirmed the Ģ��ƵDT��s Judgment No. Ģ��ƵDT/2020/091, in which the Ģ��ƵDT dismissed Mr. Giles�� challenge.

Legal Principle(s)

An application seeking revision of a final judgment of Ģ��ƵAT can only succeed if it fulfils the strict and exceptional criteria established under Article 11 of the Ģ��ƵAT Statute. An application for revision is not a substitute for an appeal and no party may seek revision of a judgment merely because he or she is dissatisfied with it and wants to have a second round of litigation.

Outcome

Dismissed on merits

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Applicants/Appellants

Howard Andrew Giles

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