Judicial Review (JR)

*DRAFT at May 2026*

1. OVERVIEW
   (a) Introduction
   (b) Basics
   (c) Context
   (d) JRs are Discretionary
   (e) Practice
   
   
2. JR GROUNDS
   (a) Overview
   (b) Statutory Powers
   (c) Public versus Private
   (d) Procedural Fairness
   (e) 'JR-Justiciability'
   (f) Errors
   (g) Irregularities
   
   
3. JR PROCEDURES
   (a) Overview
   (b) 'Exhaustion' Doctrine
   (c) Court JR Routes
   (d) Court JR Rules
   (e) Court 'Leave to JR' Rules
   
   
4. JR STANDING
   
   
5. JR LIMITATIONS
   
   
6. JR EVIDENCE
   (a) Introduction
   (b) JR Evidence Subjects
   (c) General JR Evidence Statutes
   (d) JR Evidence Rules (RCP)
   
   
7. JR REMEDIES
   (a) Overview
   (b) Prerogative Writ Remedies
   (c) 'Statutory Powers' Injunctions and Declaration Remedies
   
   
8. JR STANDARDS OF REVIEW (SOR)
   (a) Introduction
   (b) 'Reasonableness'
   (c) 'Reasonableness' Exceptions
   (d) Reasons for Decision
   (e) Procedural Fairness
   (f) 'Reasonableness' and Specific Areas of Law
   (g) Other Issues
   (i) Vavilov Critique
   
   
9. JR AND THE CHARTER
   
   
10. REVIEWING JR ORDERS
    (a) Overview
    (b) Appeals
    (c) Set-Asides
    (d) Re-openings
    
    
11. FEDERAL v. PROVINCIAL JRs
    (a) Overview
    (b) Distinguishing Federal versus Ontario JRs

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HOME STATUTES
For website administrative purposes, all topic-related statutes (both Ontario and Federal) are 'home-located' with a single topic. The below statutes are the 'home statutes' for the Judicial Review topic.

ONTARIO STATUTES

Judicial Review Proceeding Act (fully split) [amended to 2020, c. 11, Sched. 10]