- Parties: The appellant was the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The respondents were 6589856 Canada Inc (cob Loomis Express) and Warren Fick.

- Subject Matter: The Federal Court dismissed the judicial review application filed by Warren Fick, the appellant in court file A-146-23, which challenged a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision. In court file A-163-23, the Canadian Human Rights Commission appealed the Federal Court judgment, specifically in relation to the Tribunal’s assessment and conclusions regarding applying s. 25 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, 1985 to Fick’s case. The Federal Court of Appeal consolidated the appeals in A-146-23 and A-163-23 and designated A-163-23 as the lead appeal.

- Ruling: The appeal court dismissed both appeals without costs. The appeal court found no reviewable error in the Tribunal’s review of the evidence or in its conclusion that it could not draw from the evidence the suggestion or “scent” of discrimination. The appeal court held that the Tribunal methodically assessed the evidence and made clear, justified, and ultimately reasonable findings. The Federal Court correctly identified reasonableness as the applicable standard for reviewing the Tribunal’s decision, the appeal court said. The Tribunal correctly set out the three-part test that Fick had to meet to establish his discrimination allegation, the appeal court added.

- Date: The hearing was set on June 20, 2024. The court released its decision on June 24, 2024.

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

- Amount: No financial award was specified.