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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 11:52:30+00:00

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Judicial review is a long-standing legal remedy that stands at the heart of the judiciary's role in our society. It is the essence of the s.96-constitutional role of Superior Court. Historically legislatures have tried to limit, or even abolish, it with privative clauses - but the rule of the courts has prevailed, and so it must.
. Prince Edward County Field Naturalists v. Ostrander Point GP Inc.
 Though this case involves a statutory appeal, the parties relied on judicial review authorities in their submissions regarding the proper standard of review. This was entirely appropriate.
 The Supreme Court has noted that "[t]he term 'judicial review' embraces review of administrative decisions by way of both application for judicial review and statutory rights of appeal": Dr. Q. v. College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia, 2003 SCC 19 (CanLII),  1 S.C.R. 226, at para. 21 (emphasis added). Moreover, the standards of review established by the Supreme Court of Canada in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2009 SCC 9 (CanLII),  1 S.C.R. 1990, apply not only to judicial review, but also to statutory appeals from tribunals: First Ontario Realty Corp. v. Deng, 2011 ONCA 54 (CanLII), 274 O.A.C. 338, at para. 16.
 The applicants failed to pursue their statutory right to appeal the decision of the Licence Suspension Appeal Board, pursuant to s.96(9) of the Highway Traffic Act. They now seek judicial review of that decision. Judicial review is a discretionary remedy. If the applicants wished to challenge the Board’s decision, they should have filed an appeal in Divisional Court, ordered the transcript and perfected the appeal within the time limit indicated for appeals. As they failed to take any of these steps or to proceed in any fashion in a timely manner, the application for judicial review is dismissed.
 Judicial review is a discretionary remedy. A party should exhaust his or her rights to appeal before seeking judicial review unless there are special circumstances (see Khan v. Ontario (Director of Vehicle Inspection Standards), (2004) CanLII 13078 (Div. Ct.) at paragraph 5).
32 The test on a motion to quash is whether it is plain and obvious that the application cannot succeed: Adams v. Canada, 2011 ONSC 325 (CanLII). Is it beyond doubt that the application for judicial review will fail?

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