Joy-Ann Cohen

The appellant mother appealed a trial judge's order making her child a Crown Ward with no access for the purpose of adoption.

The mother argued the trial judge erred in assessing her mental health, housing efforts, and the quality of access visits.

The Superior Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, finding no palpable and overriding error in the trial judge's conclusion that the mother's ongoing mental health challenges, including auditory hallucinations, and instability posed an overwhelming risk.

Fresh evidence regarding the mother's new housing and medication was admitted but found insufficient to alter the trial judge's findings.

The respondents in a human rights application concerning alleged discrimination at a trailer park filed a Request for an Order During Proceedings (RFOP).

They sought production of the applicant's medical records, an order requiring his physician to testify, and various procedural directions.

The Tribunal granted the request for medical records in part, ordering the applicant to produce records relevant to his acquired brain injury, medication, and alcohol contraindications, applying the 'arguable relevance' threshold.

The Tribunal allowed a minor factual amendment to the responses and struck a requested remedy on consent, but denied the remaining requests as premature or unnecessary.