The Toronto Police Association (TPA) Board passed a resolution dissolving the Legal Assistance Plan Board and assuming its duties.
The respondents, members of the Plan Board, successfully applied for a declaration that the resolution was ultra vires.
The TPA appealed.
The Court of Appeal held that the regulation creating the Plan Board had the legal status of a by-law, and under the TPA's letters patent and section 129 of the Corporations Act, the TPA Board could not amend it without member approval.
The appeal was dismissed regarding the resolution's invalidity, but allowed in part to strike an overly broad mandatory order restraining the TPA Board from using the Plan Board's files for any purpose.
