Clive H. Preddie

The appellant appealed a decision of the Board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission suspending its liquor licence for 14 days for permitting drunkenness.

The appellant raised several grounds of appeal, including allegations of procedural fairness, improper admission of evidence, incorrect burden of proof, improper adverse inference, and failure to provide adequate reasons.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no merit to any of the grounds and concluding that the Board's reasons, while sparse, were sufficient.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which suspended its liquor licence for 14 days after finding it allowed overcrowding and permitted a patron to smoke marijuana on the licensed patio.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, holding that an appeal lies only on a question of law, and the appellant's grounds were essentially challenges to the Board's findings of fact and credibility determinations.