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The court held the application was not properly brought in criminal court because the criminal proceedings had ended and the relief sought targeted provincial CRRA processes.
The appeal was dismissed as moot because the appellant conceded an in‑person trial will proceed; the public interest exception to mootness was not engaged because the record was inadequate, the issues were not evasive of review, there was no evidence of a systemic problem, and the appeal arising from extraordinary relief limited the appropriate scope of review; accordingly the court declined to hear the moot appeal.
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The Court of Appeal held that provincial vexatious litigant orders do not govern properly brought criminal-law applications challenging a Crown stay of a private prosecution.
Application for extraordinary remedies dismissed. The Court held the Provincial Court judge applied the correct test on private informations, found no jurisdictional error or bias, and rejected the asserted right to drive without plates or insurance.
The court dismissed an application for Crown-funded transcripts for two traffic appeals, holding the remedy is rare and unwarranted where liberty is not at stake and success is unlikely.
The Federal Court dismissed Mattel’s appeal from a prothonotary’s order refusing interlocutory relief to correct an alleged misnomer before the Trade Marks Registrar.
The court dismissed a motion to set aside garnishing orders before judgment, holding the Farm Debt Mediation Act stay did not reach a separate company’s bank account.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal and held that the Ontario Court of Appeal could decide the habeas corpus matter on the merits, or any remittal error was curable.
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