The applicant, a self-represented taxi driver, was convicted of failing to stop at a red light and fined $350.
His appeal to the Ontario Court of Justice was dismissed.
He sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal on three grounds: an unsworn interpreter, lack of disclosure, and the justice of the peace's failure to assist him as an unrepresented defendant.
The Court of Appeal refused leave on the interpreter issue but granted leave on the disclosure and duty to assist issues, finding conflicting authority on the obligations owed to self-represented defendants in provincial offences trials.
