In a labour dispute mediation hearing, who may bar a person from attending, and which persons may not be barred by that order?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the attendance list and the party statements to see who was present, the mediation record for any order barring a person from attending, and any designation showing that a person attended as a related party or as a witness.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the provision at its word: only the chair of the mediation committee or a single mediator holds this power, and it may bar attendance only of a person who is neither a related party nor a witness, since those two are written into the provision as the ones left in.
Another reading notes what the provision does not say: it gives no ground, no application route, no procedure and no consequence for a person who attends despite the bar, so the file has to show what was actually done at the hearing rather than what the provision prescribes.
Your judgment
How could the mediation record show that the person barred was neither a related party nor a witness when the order was made?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add grounds or a procedure for barring attendance, or if a decision explains who counts as a related party or a witness for this purpose.