The appellant, a tenured university professor, was suspended for three months for improper use of university computer facilities.
He appealed his suspension to the university's Board of Governors.
During the Board's post-hearing deliberations, the university president, who had ordered the suspension, provided the Board with necessary facts relating to the suspension in the absence of the appellant.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Board breached the principles of natural justice by receiving evidence ex parte without giving the appellant an opportunity to respond.
The appeal was allowed and the Board's resolution was quashed.
