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Partner, Jennifer Griffiths, write on Yatar v. TD. Overturning the Ontario Court of Appeal in a unanimous and lengthy decision, the Supreme Court emphasized the critical role of judicial review in upholding the rule of law, as separate and distinct from any statutory right of appeal. Where the two lower courts had held that judicial review was not an appropriate remedy in the absence of “exceptional” or “rare” circumstances respectively, the Supreme Court disagreed, signaling a course correction for appellate courts in this regard.
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