IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: International Union Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers, Local 2 v. Halifax Caulking Company , 2005NSSC54
Date: 20050311
Docket: SN No. 225807
Registry: Sydney, N.S.
Between:
The International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers, Local 2
Applicant
v.
Halifax Caulking Co. Ltd.
Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Donald M. Hall
Heard: December 8, 2004 in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Subject: Judicial review - certiorari and mandamus
Summary: A union local sought to have the decision of an arbitrator appointed pursuant to s. 107 of the Trade Union Act set aside on the ground that the arbitrator's refusal to grant an adjournment to enable it to call further witnesses constituted a denial of natural justice.
Issue: What was the appropriate standard of review.
Result: The application was denied. The appropriate standard of review was "reasonableness". In the circumstances it could not be said that the reasons of the adjudicator were not tenable, Voice Construction v. Construction & General Workers Union, Local 92 (2004), 1 S.C.R. 609.
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