Does the doctrine of functus officio apply to administrative tribunals?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hopewell Development (Leduc) Inc. v. Alberta (Municipal Government Board), 2011 ABCA 68 (CanLII):
The doctrine of functus officio is intended to bring finality to an adjudication, though it applies with more flexibility to administrative tribunals than it does to courts generally: Chandler v. Alberta Association of Architects, 1989 CanLII 41 (SCC), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 848, 101 A.R. 321 at paras. 75 - 79.
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