Court Cases

There are court decisions which have impacted the interpretation and application of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP), and The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA). We have listed some of those decisions below.

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP)

Decision Name	Court	Date	IPC Report
Geoff Leo v. Global Transportation Hub Authority	Court of Queen’s Bench	11-23-2018	311-2017, 312-2017, 313-2017, 316-2017, 340-2017, 341-2017, 342-2017
Geoff Leo v. Global Transportation Hub Authority	Court of Queen’s Bench	06-13-2019
Shook Legal Ltd. v Saskatchewan Government Insurance	Court of Queen’s Bench	08-31-2018	063-2017
Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited v. Ministry of Environment	Court of Queen’s Bench	10-13-2016
Canadian Bank Note Limited v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance	Court of Queen’s Bench	11-02-2016	229-2015
101114386 Saskatchewan Ltd v. Hearing Panel of the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority	Court of Appeal	11-15-2013
Evenson v. Saskatchewan (Ministry of Justice)	Court of Queen’s Bench	08-19-2013	F-2012-006
R. v. Trapp	Provincial Court	01-26-2009
Haug v. Saskatchewan Corrections and Public Safety	Court of Queen’s Bench	04-11-2005
R. v. Decap	Court of Queen’s Bench	07-07-2003
Amendt v. Canada Life Assurance Co.	Court of Queen’s Bench	03-09-1999
Weidlich v. Saskatchewan Power Corp.	Court of Queen’s Bench	02-25-1998
Liick v. Saskatchewan (Minister of Health)	Court of Queen’s Bench	08-05-1994
General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada Ltd. v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance	Court of Appeal	11-29-1993
City Collection Co. Ltd. et al v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance	Court of Appeal	11-29-1993
City Collection Co. v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance	Court of Queen’s Bench	10-26-1993

The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP)

Decision Name	Court	Date	IPC Report
Eaton v. University of Regina (Preliminary Application: Closed Court)	Court of Queen’s Bench	05-15-2019	038-2018
Hande v. University of Saskatchewan	Court of Queen’s Bench	05-21-2019	298-2017
Seon v. Board of Education of the Regina Roman Catholic School Division	Court of Queen’s Bench	05-31-2018	211-2017
FIAT IPC v. U of S U of S v. IPC Appellant v. U of S IPC v. U of S Appellant v. U of S	Court of Queen’s Bench Court of Appeal for SK Court of Queen’s Bench Court of Queen’s Bench Court of Queen’s Bench	09-07-2018 05-16-2018 03-22-2018 05-19-2017 08-31-2017	153-2015
Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited v. City of Regina	Court of Queen’s Bench	10-13-2016	111-2015 087-2015 & 088-2015
Evenson v. Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority	Court of Queen’s Bench	09-19-2012	LA-2012-002
Jess v. Saskatchewan District Health Board	Court of Queen’s Bench	10-04-2007
R. v. Decap	Court of Queen’s Bench	07-07-2003
Fogal v. Regina School Division No. 4	Court of Appeal	12-17-2002
Fogal v. Regina School Division No. 4	Court of Queen’s Bench	03-14-2002
Amendt v. Canada Life Assurance Co.	Court of Queen’s Bench	03-09-1999

The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA)

Decision Name	Court	Date	IPC Report
Stebner v. IPC Extract from Danyliuk Fiat	Court of Queen’s Bench	03-28-2019	161-2018 240-2018
Bonny Gordon v. Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority Bonny Gordon v. Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (this appeal may be continued at a later date)	Court of Queen’s Bench Court of Queen’s Bench	05-22-2015 09-26-2017	214-2015: Part I
Saskatchewan Ltd. v. Hearing Panel of the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority	Court of Appeal	11-15-2013
Germain v. Automobile Injury Appeal Commission	Court of Queen’s Bench	02-18-2009
Haug v. Saskatchewan Corrections and Public Safety	Court of Queen’s Bench	04-11-2005

The Privacy Act

Decision Name	Court	Date
Jess v. Saskatchewan District Health Board	Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench	10-04-2007
Peters-Brown v. Regina District Health Board	Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench	10-27-1995

Other Canadian Cases

Decision Name	Court	Date
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary	Supreme Court of Canada	25-11-2016
Information Commissioner of Canada c. Minister of National Defence, et al.	Federal Court of Appeal	03-03-2015
Corporate Express Canada, Inc. v. The President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Trial Division	09-19-2014
School District No. 49 (Central Coast) v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner)	Supreme Court of British Columbia	03-23-2012
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Health)	Supreme Court of Canada	02-03-2012
Information Commissioner of Canada v. Ministry of National Defence	Supreme Court of Canada	05-13-2011
Grant v. Torstar Corp.	Supreme Court of Canada	12-22-2009
Maranda v. Richer	Court of Appeal for Quebec	11-14-2003
Stevens v. Canada (Prime Minister)	Court of Appeal	06-05-1998
Descoteaux et al. v. Mierzwinski	Supreme Court of Canada	06-23-1980
Solosky v. The Queen	Supreme Court of Canada	12-21-1979

Legislation - Court Cases