RULING NUMBER COM SB 016/2014
COMMISSION HEARING TORONTO, ONTARIO – JUNE 6 & 9, 2014
NOTICE OF DECISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE RACING COMMISSION ACT, S.O. 2000, c.20;
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEALS OF GABRIELLA SASSO and RONALD ADAMS
Gabriella Sasso and Ronald Adams appealed the Orders of Immediate Suspension issued on May 20, 2014, by the Executive Director of the Ontario Racing Commission.
Dates of Hearing: June 6 and 9, 2014
ORC Panel: Anthony Williams, Vice Chair
Representatives for the Appellants: Donald Leschied, Counsel Brian Tropea, General Manager, Ontario Harness Horse Association
Representative for the Administration of the Ontario Racing Commission: Jennifer Friedman, Counsel
On June 19, 2014, an Interim Decision was issued by the Ontario Racing Commission (“ORC”), Ruling Number COM SB 014/2014, following an Application by the Appellants for a review of all redactions in the disclosure materials.
This further Interim Decision addresses the still outstanding issue of redactions in the “new” disclosure materials:
Decision:
(i) Re: Notebook Entries of Tyler Durand, Investigator
Ruling June 19, 2014, paragraph 20 (j): No further disclosure was appropriate for these seventeen days.
(ii) Re: Notebook Entries of Tyler Durand, Investigator
Ruling June 19, 2014, Paragraph 20 (m): No further disclosure was appropriate for these four days.
DATED at Toronto, this 24th day of June 2014.
Steven Lehman
Executive Director
REASONS FOR INTERIM DECISION
- Re: Notebook Entries of Tyler Durand,
The Ruling dated June 19, 2014, paragraph 20 (j) stated as follows: “The Administration is required to provide to the panel the unredacted notebook entries for these seventeen days.”
(a) I read the redacted notebook entries for these seventeen days, Ex. C.
(b) I read the “new” unredacted notebook entries for these seventeen days, delivered June 20, 2014, Ex. D.
(c) The seventeen days contained information that was clearly irrelevant to these proceedings.
(d) There will be no further disclosure of the redacted notebook entries from these seventeen days.
(e) I have returned the unredacted notebook entries to their envelope and have marked the envelope, Ex. D.
- Re: Notebook Entries of Tyler Durand, Investigator
The Ruling dated June 19, 2014, paragraph 20 (m) stated as follows: “The Administration is required to review the unredacted material for these four days and to provide further disclosure to the Appellants of relevant information, if appropriate.”
(a) I read the “new” redacted notebook entries for these four days, delivered June 20, 2014, Ex. E.
(b) I read the unredacted notebook entries for these four days, Ex. C.
(c) The unredacted notebook entries contained information that was clearly irrelevant to these proceedings.
(d) There will be no further disclosure of the redacted notebook entries for these four days.
(e) I have placed the redacted notebook entries into an envelope and have marked the envelope, Ex. E.
Dated this 24th day of June 2014.
Anthony Williams
Vice Chair