In an important decision on the reach of administrative law, the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that a private school’s decision to expel a student for smoking marijuana in his dorm room was not subject to judicial review by the courts. The private school, Appleby College, is incorporated by a Special Act of the…
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Majority of Divisional Court Overturns Expulsion of Student at Private School
What happens when a private school student smokes marijuana in his residence on the night before his final day in his final year of high school? This issue arose in a recent case before the Divisional Court, where the school allowed the student to withdraw (without his private school diploma and without permission to attend…
Are Decisions of Private Schools Subject to Judicial Review? Does it Matter?
In the recent decision Setia v. Appleby College, a student at Appleby College, a private school in Oakville, was expelled “after he admitted to smoking marijuana in a friend’s dormitory the night before the final day of his sixth and final year at Appleby College.” The boy’s mother attempted to contact the principal, but “was…