The appellant sought a publication ban on the name of its employee, who had been acquitted of historical sexual abuse charges, in relation to evidence given at the Cornwall Public Inquiry.
The Commissioner refused the ban, finding the public interest in openness outweighed the employee's privacy interests.
The Divisional Court dismissed an application for judicial review, applying a reasonableness standard.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that the Divisional Court correctly identified reasonableness as the standard of review and that the Commissioner reasonably applied the Dagenais/Mentuck test in balancing the protection of innocence against the public interest in an open inquiry.
