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Appeal - SOR - Tribunal Rulings

. Hospital for Sick Children v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner)

In Hospital for Sick Children v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner) (Ont Div Ct, 2025) the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed a joint appeal/JR, this against a "decision of the respondent Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario" (IPC) where "the IPC found that privacy breaches had occurred, and that the Applicants had failed to comply with the requirement to notify affected individuals".

Here the court identifies the appellate SOR for appeals of administrative rulings:

[44] On an appeal from an administrative decision, the appellate standards of review apply: Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653, at para. 37. The standard of review is correctness for questions of law: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235, at para. 8. ...