The Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police appealed a Divisional Court decision dismissing an application for judicial review of an adjudicator's refusal to recuse himself from a police disciplinary hearing.
The Commissioner alleged the adjudicator's conduct gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
The respondents cross-appealed, arguing the adjudicator should have been named as a respondent and the Commissioner lacked standing.
The Court of Appeal dismissed both the appeal and cross-appeal, finding the adjudicator's conduct did not meet the high threshold for a reasonable apprehension of bias and the procedural issues raised in the cross-appeal were without merit.
