Legislatures often provide for appeals to court from government decisions, but only on questions of law (as opposed to questions of fact or of mixed fact and law). How should the court respond when a person who is unhappy with a government decision seeks judicial review on a question on which there is no right of appeal?
The Supreme Court of Canada addressed this issue of administrative law in Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex. Host and appellate litigator Adam Goldenberg discusses the implications of the Yatar decision with McCarthy Tétrault partners Christine Lonsdale and James Holtom.
