Rubin v. Canada (Clerk of the Privy Council)

Rubin v. Canada (Clerk of the Privy Council)
Collection
Supreme Court Judgments
Date
1996-01-24
Report
[1996] 1 SCR 6
Case number
24147
Judges
La Forest, Gérard V.; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.
On appeal from
Federal Court of Appeal
Subjects
Access to information
Administrative law
Notes
SCC Case Information: 24147
Decision Content
Rubin v. Canada (Clerk of the Privy Council), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 6
Ken Rubin Appellant
v.
The Clerk of the Privy Council Respondent
Indexed as: Rubin v. Canada (Clerk of the Privy Council)
File No.: 24147.
1996: January 24.
Present: La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.
on appeal from the federal court of appeal
Administrative law ‑‑ Access to information ‑‑ Clerk of Privy Council justified in denying access to information requested.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, [1994] 2 F.C. 707, 54 C.P.R. (3d) 511, 113 D.L.R. (4th) 275, 167 N.R. 43, 25 Admin. L.R. (2d) 241, reversing a decision of the Federal Court, Trial Division, [1993] 2 F.C. 391, 48 C.P.R. (3d) 348, 63 F.T.R. 1, 14 Admin. L.R. (2d) 246, granting an application for judicial review of a refusal to disclose information requested. Appeal dismissed.
Neil Wilson, for the appellant.
J. E. Thompson, Q.C., and Meg Kinnear, for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
1 La Forest J. ‑‑ The appeal is dismissed for the reasons given by Mr. Justice Stone of the Federal Court of Appeal, with the exception of costs. The appellant is entitled to his costs throughout.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, Ottawa.
Solicitor for the respondent: George Thomson, Ottawa.