[1] This matter relates to a taking by the Corporation of the City of Windsor (“Respondent”) from Amal and Mohammed Chams (together “Claimant”) in June 2010.

A Notice of Arbitration and Statement of Claim was filed by the Claimant and dated November 23, 2011.

[2] An update was provided to the Tribunal on February 4, 2013. No further activity occurred on this file until the Tribunal sent a letter to the Claimant’s counsel under date of December 19, 2019 and pursuant to the Tribunal’s jurisdiction under s.12(1) of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act, 2017. The letter requested particulars of the status of this matter and the Tribunal required a written response by January 18, 2020.

[3] No response was provided by the deadline.

[4] On January 27, 2020, Claimant's counsel acknowledged the letter from the Tribunal advising that a reply would be made shortly. No reply was received.

[5] On May 25, 2020, the Tribunal issued an Order closing the file as a result of the failure of the Claimant to provide information within the time limits specified.

[6] On June 5, 2020, the Tribunal received an e-mail request from the Claimant to re-open the file. The request to re-open came on consent and was premised on the advice from the Claimant’s counsel that “…A discussion that will hopefully lead to a resolution with the City is expected to take place shortly…”

[7] On this basis, the Tribunal re-opened the file.

[8] The Tribunal heard nothing further.

[9] This telephone conference call (“TCC”) was convened for the Tribunal to understand the status of this matter.

[10] The Tribunal issued notice of the call. At the appointed time, only counsel for the