Supreme Court
Decision Information
Abstract: Appeal against a decision by the Respondent to cancel a taxi driver's permit - Respondent cancelled the permit of the Applicant upon the Applicant's conviction of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code - Applicable licensing by-law prohibits issuing a license to anyone convicted of an indictable offence within five years of applying for a permit - Applicant contends that the decision to cancel the permit was made on insufficient facts to warrant the cancellation.
Decision: Appeal allowed - Respondent's decision to cancel permit void ab initio as based on the erroneous assumption that cancellation was the only option in the circumstances - Suspension was an option open to the Respondents but was not considered.
Subjects: Municipal law
Keywords: Licence - taxi driver - cancellation - suspension