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Application for judicial review of Coroner's decision on inquest scope dismissed as reasonable.
The Ministry of the Solicitor General sought judicial review of a Presiding Coroner's interlocutory decision regarding the scope of an upcoming inquest into seven deaths at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre.
The Coroner had included issues of correctional programming and staff absenteeism in the scope, and admitted expert evidence on programming.
The Divisional Court held that the challenge to the evidentiary ruling was premature.
On the scope issues, the Court found the Coroner's decision reasonable, as there was sufficient evidence to warrant considering whether programming and staffing were contributing factors to the deaths.
The application for judicial review was dismissed.
The court quashed an interlocutory criminal appeal and refused to appoint counsel for a habeas corpus appeal lacking merit.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario heard two motions arising from two notices of appeal filed by the appellant, Deepan Budlakoti.
The Crown sought to quash a 'Charter Appeal' concerning a pre-trial application dismissal, arguing it was an interlocutory order without a right of appeal.
Mr. Budlakoti sought reconsideration of a decision refusing his application for appointment of counsel for his 'Habeas Appeal' challenging detention conditions.
The court granted the Crown's motion, quashing the Charter Appeal as an interlocutory criminal appeal.
Mr. Budlakoti's motion for counsel was dismissed, as the court agreed there was no arguable ground of appeal for the Habeas Appeal.
