The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (the “School Board”) was unsuccessful on application for judicial review of the Child and Family Services Review Board’s decision to quash the School Board’s decision expelling a student who had smoked marijuana

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – School prinicipal – School boards – Schools – Suspension of students – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Mootness – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board v. Grant, [2010] O.J. No. 1093, 2010 ONSC 1205, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, ...

The application by two students (“K.B.” and “T.M.”) for judicial review seeking to quash the decision of the respondent principal of Emery Collegiate (the “Principal”) to remove the students from Emery Collegiate and transfer them to another school was dismissed where the Court found that the Principal had jurisdiction to transfer the students to another school after a suspension had been imposed based on concerns for the safety of other students

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – School principal – Investigations – Schools – Powers – Suspension of students – Transfer of students – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Standard of review – Correctness – Patent unreasonableness – Procedural requirements and fairness – Natural justice – Compliance with legislation – Charter of Rights and ...