A three-judge panel of Ontario Divisional Court has granted the appeal of Mayor Rob Ford of the lower court judgement which had ordered him from office. Thus Mayor Ford is restored to the office of chief magistrate and will serve out his term to the next election. The court found that Judge Hackland erred in his original decision and that decision is dismissed The 15-page decision, with no dissent, indicates that there was no conflict of interest because the mayor had no pecuniary interest in the outcome of the council decision. The judges in the appeal were Regional Senior Justice Edward Then, Justice Lynne Leitch, and Justice Katherine Swinton. CBC
