Court of Appeal for Ontario

Citation: Coburn (Re), 2014 ONCA 226 Date: 2014-03-25 Docket: C57532

Judges: Doherty, Laskin and Feldman JJ.A.

IN THE MATTER OF: LILLIAN COBURN

AN APPEAL UNDER PART XX.1 OF THE CODE

Counsel: Howard L. Krongold, as amicus curiae Michael Perlin, for the Crown Gavin S. MacKenzie, for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Heard: March 21, 2014

On appeal against the disposition order of the Ontario Review Board, dated July 4, 2013, reasons released on July 19, 2013.

APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT

[1] We cannot interfere with this disposition. The Board’s reasons justify the disposition and are supported by the medical evidence.

[2] It seems to us that a conditional discharge is not too far in the distance if the Board can be satisfied that Ms. Coburn is prepared to accept the treatment proposed by the hospital so that the Board can rely on her proposed consent for treatment as a condition to her release.

[3] The appeal is dismissed.