Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Donovan Molloy, has released his Report under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.

The Applicant requested from the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District a settlement agreement and correspondence related to a lawsuit arising from the cancellation of a school bus contract.

The District refused disclosure of all of the records, citing common law settlement privilege.

The Commissioner concluded that all of the records could be withheld pursuant to one or more of the enumerated exceptions in the Act. There was no need to decide whether common-law settlement privilege applied.