The applicants sought judicial review of the Ministry's decision to provide disability funding for the applicant's daughter through a transfer payment agency rather than directly to a family-run microboard.
The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding that the Ministry's decision was reasonable, did not fetter its discretion, and did not breach procedural fairness.
The court held that the Ministry has broad statutory discretion to determine how to allocate and administer funding, and its reliance on transfer payment agencies for oversight and accountability was a reasonable exercise of that discretion.
