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The Court of Appeal upheld the Ontario Review Board's denial of an absolute discharge, finding the appellant remained a significant threat to public safety.
An appeal from the Ontario Review Board's disposition denying an absolute discharge to the appellant under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code.
The appellant argued the Board erred in concluding she posed a significant threat to public safety.
The Court of Appeal upheld the Board's decision, finding it reasonable and supported by evidence including signs of decompensation in the community, lack of insight into her illness and the seriousness of the offences, refusal of recommended medication, and a paranoid belief system.
The Court also found the Board properly applied the least onerous and least restrictive standard in its restriction of liberty review.
The court upheld a Review Board's hospital detention order for an individual found not criminally responsible.
An appeal from an Ontario Review Board disposition ordering detention in hospital rather than conditional discharge for a person found not criminally responsible on a charge of arson.
The appellant argued the Board erred in failing to consider legal mechanisms under the Mental Health Act for managing her condition in the community.
The Court of Appeal upheld the detention order, finding the Board properly considered the appellant's history of decompensation episodes, medication non-compliance, homelessness, and the need for supervised accommodation to monitor medication compliance and manage public safety risks.
Appeal dismissed; real estate company not liable for goods delivered to related company's supermarket.
The appellant supplied food products to a supermarket and billed a real estate company with a similar name to the supermarket's former operator.
The supermarket was actually operated by a different, related company that eventually went into receivership.
The appellant sued the real estate company for unpaid invoices, arguing it was the purchaser or was estopped from denying liability because it had paid previous invoices without objection.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, upholding the Court of Appeal's finding that there was no contract between the appellant and the real estate company, and that the elements of estoppel were not established.
