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Application for judicial review of Coroner's decision on inquest scope dismissed as reasonable.
The Ministry of the Solicitor General sought judicial review of a Presiding Coroner's interlocutory decision regarding the scope of an upcoming inquest into seven deaths at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre.
The Coroner had included issues of correctional programming and staff absenteeism in the scope, and admitted expert evidence on programming.
The Divisional Court held that the challenge to the evidentiary ruling was premature.
On the scope issues, the Court found the Coroner's decision reasonable, as there was sufficient evidence to warrant considering whether programming and staffing were contributing factors to the deaths.
The application for judicial review was dismissed.
Appeal dismissed; settlement enforced as appellant failed to prove counsel acted without instructions.
The appellant appealed a motion judge's decision enforcing a settlement agreement.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the motion judge reasonably interpreted correspondence from the appellant's counsel as confirming instructions to settle.
The appellant provided no evidence that her counsel acted without instructions and demonstrated no prejudice from the enforcement of the release.
