The appellant, a young person, objected to the Youth Court's administrative practice of routinely distributing its weekly docket to local school boards.
The docket disclosed the appellant's name, charges, and trial details.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that this practice violated the non-disclosure provisions of the Young Offenders Act.
The Court found that the docket constituted a record linking the young person to an offence, and its general distribution to school boards was not authorized under the statutory exceptions for the administration of justice or school safety.
