Order: In the Matter of Moncasa Capital Corporation and John Frederick Collins
IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 AS AMENDED
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IN THE MATTER OF MONCASA CAPITAL CORPORATION
and JOHN FREDERICK COLLINS
ORDER
(Section 127)
WHEREAS on March 6, 2012, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Hearing in relation to a Statement of Allegations issued pursuant to sections 37, 127 and 127.1 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. S. 5, as amended, in respect of Moncasa Capital Corporation and John Frederick Collins (collectively, the “Respondents”);
AND WHEREAS at the first appearance on April 4, 2012, Staff of the Commission (“Staff”) and counsel for the Respondents agreed to attend a confidential pre-hearing conference on May 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.;
AND WHEREAS at the confidential pre-hearing conference on May, 28, 2012, Staff and counsel for the Respondents consented to an order that the hearing on the merits be scheduled for January 21, 2013 to February 1, 2013 (other than January 29, 2013) and that a confidential pre-hearing conference be held on August 9, 2012;
AND WHEREAS a confidential pre-hearing conference was held on August 9, 2012, at which Staff and counsel for the Respondents attended;
AND WHEREAS on August 9, 2012, the confidential pre-hearing conference was adjourned to September 27, 2012;
AND WHEREAS on August 22, 2012, counsel for the Respondents, Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP, was granted leave to withdraw as counsel for the Respondents;
AND WHEREAS Staff attended at the confidential pre-hearing conference on September 27, 2012, and no one appeared on behalf of the Respondents;
AND WHEREAS the Commission is satisfied that the Respondents were served with Staff’s Pre-hearing Conference Submissions;
AND WHEREAS the Commission is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to make this Order;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is adjourned to a confidential pre-hearing conference which shall take place on November 28, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
DATED at Toronto this 27th day of September, 2012.
Edward P. Kerwin