What is the test for an appeal where there is no evidence to support an appeal?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Resurgence Asset Management LLC v. Canadian Airlines Corp., 2000 ABCA 238 (CanLII):
In Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), 1989 CanLII 123 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342, Sopinka, J. for the court, held that where there is no longer a live controversy or concrete dispute, an appeal is moot.
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