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School board's sanction of trustee quashed due to procedural fairness breaches and ignored statutory requirements.
The applicant, a school board trustee, sought judicial review of the respondent school board's decision to sanction her for breaching its Code of Conduct.
The applicant had made comments about other trustees that were investigated and found to be harassing and discriminatory.
The Divisional Court allowed the application and quashed the board's decision, finding a breach of procedural fairness.
The board failed to follow its own mandatory procedures for Code of Conduct complaints, including time limits and informal resolution steps, and failed to make the statutorily required finding that a breach had occurred before imposing sanctions.
Tribunal limits further cross-examination and dismisses applicant's requests to remove opposing counsel and for recusal.
In an ongoing human rights application, the Tribunal issued an interim decision addressing the applicant's request to continue cross-examining a witness and several requests for orders during the proceeding.
The Tribunal limited further cross-examination, finding it had been sufficient to disclose fully and fairly all relevant matters.
The Tribunal also dismissed the applicant's requests to remove opposing counsel, to amend previous interim decisions, and for the adjudicator to recuse himself for bias, finding no basis for any of the requests.
Finally, the Tribunal declined to order an individual respondent to attend the next hearing dates, noting that parties must be prepared to make submissions regarding her medical absence if she does not attend.
