The requester is a solicitor representing both the estate of an individual who was killed in a motor vehicle accident and the family of the deceased as defined in section 61 of the Family Law Act. He made a request in both capacities to the Peel Regional Police Services Board (the Police) under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to a copy of the final technical collision report relating to the accident.

The Police denied access to the requested record pursuant to sections 8(1)(a) (law enforcement) and 14(1)(f) (invasion of privacy) in conjunction with section 14(3)(b) (compiled as part of a law enforcement investigation) of the Act. In doing so, the Police provided the solicitor with a copy of Order M-976 and indicated that they were relying on the findings in this order as it relates to an "accident report".