The applicants sought urgent judicial review of decisions by the Toronto Soccer Association and Ontario Soccer Association that disqualified a youth girls' soccer team from a championship game, suspended their coach, and fined the league for allegedly playing ineligible 12-year-old players on a 13-year-old team.
The Superior Court of Justice assumed jurisdiction, finding the decisions were of a public nature.
The court set aside the associations' decisions, holding that they breached basic rules of procedural fairness by failing to provide adequate notice of the charges and sanctions, and by denying the applicants a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
Full indemnity costs were awarded against the respondents due to their reprehensible conduct, including ignoring the court's initial order.
