Simon Blackstone

The applicant unions sought interim injunctions to restrain the respondent employers from enforcing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies pending the outcome of labour arbitrations.

The court dismissed the Sinai application on the basis that the labour arbitration process provided an adequate alternative remedy, precluding the exercise of the court's residual jurisdiction.

The court dismissed the TTC application on the merits of the injunction test, finding that the loss of employment or income did not constitute irreparable harm and that the balance of convenience strongly favoured the employer's obligation to protect public health and workplace safety.

The applicant sought judicial review of an adjudicator's decision ordering the disclosure of parts of a bus services contract between the applicant and a municipality.

The adjudicator found that the third party exemption under s. 10(1) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act did not apply because the information was mutually generated through negotiation, rather than supplied by the applicant.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, holding that the adjudicator's decision was reasonable and that the applicant failed to establish that the inferred disclosure or immutability exceptions applied.

The applicant, a teacher placed on medical leave, sought to set aside a Registrar's order dismissing his application for judicial review of an arbitration award for delay.

The arbitrator had dismissed a grievance filed by the union on his behalf.

The court found that the applicant lacked standing to seek judicial review of the arbitration award, as the union had not taken a position adverse to him and there was no evidence of deficient representation.

Because the application had no real chance of success on the merits, the motion to set aside the Registrar's dismissal order was dismissed.