- Parties: The appellant was Régis Beniey. The respondent was the Ministre de la Sécurité publique et Protection civile.

- Subject Matter: The appellant filed a grievance relating to an incident involving one of his superiors. The appellant, seeking a review, challenged the Canada Border Services Agency’s refusal to communicate all the information subject to his request for access to certain information under the Access to Information Act, 1985. The Federal Court granted the request for review. The appellant appealed from the judgment though it appeared favorable to him. He alleged that the Federal Court failed to rule on all the arguments that he raised and failed to order the Canada Border Services Agency to disclose all the information covered by the access-to-information request.

- Ruling: The appeal court ruled in the respondent’s favour, dismissed the main appeal with costs, and allowed the cross-appeal. It reversed the Federal Court’s judgment and rendered the decision that it should have rendered. The appeal court found the main appeal completely unfounded. Nothing justified any exception to the general rule that the appeal court need not consider an issue not raised at first instance, the appeal court said.

- Date: The hearing was set on Oct. 12, 2023. The court released its decision on Jan. 15, 2024.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court of Appeal.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.