South Shore Regional School Board v. Bridgewater (Town), 2017 NSCA 40

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Citation: South Shore Regional School Board v. Bridgewater (Town) , 2017 NSCA 40 Date: 20170515 Docket: CA 458901 Registry: Halifax Between: South Shore Regional School Board Appellant v. Town of Bridgewater Respondent – and – Nova Scotia School Boards Association Intervenor Judges: MacDonald, C.J.N.S., Farrar and Van den Eynden, JJ.A. Appeal Heard: May 15, 2017, in Halifax, Nova Scotia Written Release May 15, 2017 Held: Leave to appeal denied and appeal dismissed without costs, per oral reasons for judgment of the Court. Counsel: John C.

MacPherson, Q.C. and Katie Roebothan, for the appellant J.C. Reddy and Shawnee Gregory, for the respondent Mark D. Tector and Annie Gray for the intervenor Reasons for judgment: (Orally) By the Court: [ 1 ] It is acknowledged by all parties that the appeal is moot and we are unanimously of the view that we should decline to exercise our discretion to address the issues on this appeal. [ 2 ] The issues are particular to the peculiar facts of this case. As stated in Nova Scotia (Community Services) v. N.N.M., 2008 NSCA 70 , this Court would be considering a spent issue which would have no precedential value.

It does not have a precedential footprint, to use that terminology. [ 3 ] As a result, leave to appeal is denied and the appeal is, therefore dismissed as moot, without costs to any party. MacDonald, C.J.N.S. Farrar. J.A.

Van den Eynden, J.A.