In a request made under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, an individual asked the City of Hamilton’s fire and building departments for records relating to a specified city address. The city found relevant records and decided to provide some records to the individual. The city decided not to provide other records because they had previously been given to the individual in response to earlier requests and some were protected by solicitor client privilege.
In Interim Order MO-4510-I, the adjudicator ordered the city to provide the records previously released and to issue a decision for any records it had previously withheld. The adjudicator agreed that the other records withheld by the city were protected by solicitor-client privilege but ordered the city to make submissions showing the factors it had considered in reaching that decision.
In this final order, the adjudicator is satisfied that the city has now provided the relevant records to the individual and that it properly reached its decision not to provide the records protected by solicitor-client privilege. The adjudicator dismisses this appeal.