IPC in the Courts

Status for Order PO-1944:
Institution's and Requester's applications heard together. Matter remitted back to IPC November 28, 2002

Status for Order PO-2175-R:
Requester's application dismissed April 7, 2005 Requester's motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal dismissed for delay July 13, 2005

Citation for Order PO-1944:
Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Assistant Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2002] O.J. No. 4703, Tor. Docs. 631/01 and 671/01 (Div. Ct.)Citation for Order PO-2175-R:
Schiller v. Mitchinson, [2005] O.J. No. 1522, 199 O.A.C. 307, Tor. Doc. 634/03 (Div. Ct.)Divisional Court Decision - PO-1944
Divisional Court Decision - PO-2175-R

Institution's application denied April 14, 2004 
Institution's appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal March 14, 2005
 

Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Assistant Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2005] O.J. No. 941, 251 D.L.R. (4th) 65, 197 O.A.C. 278, Tor. Doc. C42504 (C.A.); affirming [2004] O.J. No. 1494, 70 O.R. (3d) 779, 239 D.L.R. (4th) 704, 185 O.A.C. 71, Tor. Docs. 545/01 and 677/01 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision
Court of Appeal Decision

Requester's application abandoned November 19, 2003

Salvatore (Sam) Fuda v. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and Minister Finance, Tor. Doc. 797/01 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision - Sealing Motion

Fuda v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2003] O.J. No. 2790, 65 O.R. (3d) 701, 174 O.A.C. 174, Tor. Docs. 796/01 and 797/01 (Div. Ct.)

Institution's application abandoned December 8, 2000

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care v. Donald Hale, Adjudicator, Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario, Tor. Doc. 690/00 (Div. Ct.)

Institution's application dismissed May 21, 2003

Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2003] O.J. No. 2182, Tor. Doc. 570/02 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision

Affected Party's application abandoned February 24, 2004

Ontario New Home Warranty Program v. Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario and Ministry of Consumer and Business Services,Toronto Doc. 412/02 (Div. Ct.)

Institution's and Requester's applications dismissed January 29, 2008

Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services) v. Goodis, [2008] O.J. No. 289, 89 O.R. (3d) 457, 290 D.L.R. (4th) 102 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision

Institution's application granted March 24, 2004

Ministry of the Attorney General v. Tom Mitchinson, Assistant Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Jane Doe, Requester, Toronto Doc. 190/02 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision

Affected parties' application abandoned December 30, 2002

407 ETR Concession Company Limited and 407 International Inc. v. Attorney General for Ontario, Irena Pascoe, Adjudicator, Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario, Minister of Transportation, and John Doe, Requester, Tor. Doc. 12/02 (Div. Ct.)

Institution's application dimissed December 8, 2009. 
Institution's appeal allowed January 17, 2011

Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2009] O.J. No. 5455 (Div. Ct.); reversed 2011 ONCA 32 (C.A.)

Divisional Court Decision
Court of Appeal decision

Institution's application dismissed on February 24, 2014. 
Appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal on February 17, 2015.

Ontario (Community and Social Services) v. John Doe, 2015 ONCA 107 (C.A.), upholding 2014 ONSC 239 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court decision

Court of Appeal decision

Institution's application allowed June 12, 2009 
IPC's appeal dismissed October 20, 2010

Ontario (Liquor Control Board) v. Magnotta Winery Corp., 2010 ONCA 681, 102 O.R. (3d) 545 (C.A.), affirming (2009) 97 O.R. (3d) 665 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision
Court of Appeal Decision

Institution's application mostly dismissed April 1, 2011, but allowed in part. 
Institution’s appeal allowed by the Court of Appeal on February 24, 2012. 
Requester's and IPC's appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on May 9, 2014.

John Doe v. Ontario (Finance), 2014 SCC 36; affirming 2012 ONCA 125 (C.A.), reversing 2011 ONSC 2030 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court decision 
Court of Appeal decision
Supreme Court of Canada decision

Affected Party's application dismissed February 16, 2006

Ontario First Nations Ltd. Partnership v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2006] O.J. No. 1103, Tor. Doc. 571/04 (Div. Ct.)

Divisional Court Decision

Affected party's application abandoned on April 15, 2014.

Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies et al. v. The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and John Doe, Tor. Doc. 38/11 (Div. Ct.)