Lauren Sukerman

The appellant appealed a Board decision suspending its liquor licence for 14 days due to multiple infractions, including serving alcohol after hours, permitting drunkenness, and failing to clear signs of service.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no error in the Board's refusal to grant an adjournment, its factual conclusions, or its penalty.

The Court also held that the Board was not functus officio when it issued an amending order to address an issue it had inadvertently omitted, as it was completing its statutory task.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Board suspending its liquor licence for 14 days due to multiple infractions, including serving alcohol after hours, permitting drunkenness, and failing to clear signs of service.

The appellant argued the Board erred by refusing an adjournment, making unreasonable factual findings, and issuing an amending order when it was functus officio.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no denial of natural justice in the adjournment refusal, sufficient evidence to support the factual findings, and that the Board was not functus officio when completing its statutory task by addressing an issue it had inadvertently missed.

The penalty was upheld as reasonable.