The appellant employee was dismissed and his union took his grievance to arbitration, where it was dismissed.
The union refused to seek judicial review of the arbitration award.
The employee then brought a direct action in nullity on his own to quash the award.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the employee lacked the requisite interest to bring the action.
The Court found that allowing an individual employee to challenge an arbitration award when the union has exclusive representation rights would undermine the stability of labour relations and the finality of the arbitration process.
