Fateh A. Salim

The Ontario Review Board ordered an independent psychiatric assessment for an accused and directed the Attorney General to pay the costs.

The Attorney General successfully applied to quash the funding order.

The Board appealed.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that the Board lacks jurisdiction under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code to order the Attorney General or any other party to pay for an assessment, and that the Board must bear the costs through its own budget.

The appellant appealed a motion judge's decision striking his statement of claim for failing to reveal a reasonable cause of action.

The appellant alleged that a college, with the knowledge of the Ministry, misappropriated his paralegal curriculum.

The Court of Appeal agreed with the motion judge that the pleadings did not reveal a reasonable cause of action against the Ministry and that no amendment could save the claims.

The appeal was dismissed.