Disputing denied accident benefits at the Licence Appeal Tribunal

The paper a dispute needs at each stage

• On filing

  Application by an Injured Person: the accident date and place, the disputed benefits and the documents relied on. A Certificate of Service and the filing fee go with it, by e-File or mail. Missing material is due within 10 business days.

• 10 days before the conference

  Case Conference Summary, on the form revised for July 2026: preliminary issues, issues to add, documents, witnesses and the hearing format preferred. It is both filed and served. Settlement offers are exchanged but never filed.

• 45 days before the hearing

  Unless an order sets an earlier date, each party exchanges all its evidence. For electronic and in-person hearings, that includes a witness list with a summary of what each witness will say.

• 21 days before the hearing

  For electronic and in-person hearings, a brief of evidence and authorities goes to the Tribunal and the other side, indexed, tabbed and page numbered, with the witness list and the time each witness needs.

These dates come from Rules 9 and 20 of the Licence Appeal Tribunal Rules. The case conference runs two hours, usually by telephone, and the injured person and the insurer both attend even with a representative. An adjudicator asks questions and explains how the Schedule was applied in similar files. Without a settlement, that adjudicator gives directions, and a different adjudicator hears the case in writing, by videoconference or, in limited circumstances, in person. When a party or witness needs an interpreter and gives notice at least 14 days ahead, the Tribunal arranges one at its own expense.