Knauff v. Ontario (Human Rights Tribunal)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, onca, 2026onca653, 2026 onca 653 (canlii), 2026, onca, 653, (canlii), coa-25-om-0074, 2026, procedure, appeals, leave to appeal, courts of justice act, s. 6(1)(a), whether leave turns on an arguable question of public importance, sault dock guidance maintained with an updated framework, arguability and public importance as overlapping components, updated framework clarified for leave applications, leave to appeal dismissed, procedure, appeals, divisional court, whether leave framework differs for original versus appellate jurisdiction, distinction between first and second appeal rejected, same updated framework applies to all decisions, jurisdictional posture treated as non, determinative, interlocutory gloss treated as unnecessary, leave to appeal dismissed, administrative law, judicial review, mootness, borowski v. canada (attorney general), whether judicial review was moot after settlement and withdrawal, minutes of settlement resolved substantive relief before the tribunal, no remedy available by remittal even if preliminary issue unreasonable, dispute treated as hypothetical or abstract, judicial review dismissed as moot, administrative law, judicial review, discretion, moot proceedings, whether refusal to hear a moot judicial review raises an arguable question of public importance, discretionary decision by divisional court challenged, application of well, established mootness test to particular facts, no arguable question of public importance identified, leave to appeal dismissed without costs