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Bias and Conflict of Interest in Adjudicators - Personal in Nature

. Prinzen v. Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board

In Prinzen v. Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (Ont Div Ct, 2026) the Ontario Divisional Court considered (school board) trustee-brought JRs, these brought against "two decisions that she breached the Trustees’ Code of Conduct (the “Code”) by disclosing confidential information".

In these thin comments the court dismisses the applicant's 'bias' argument on the basis that the complaints were not 'personal' to the trustees - and thus - presumably - could not constitute bias:

Issue 2: No Reasonable Apprehension of Bias and/or Bad Faith

[23] The applicant has not established that the complaints are personal to the trustees. Rather, the complaints relate to her breaches of the Code. The applicant has not met the legal test required to establish a reasonable apprehension of bias.