What is the effect of the principle of functus officio on the validity of an interlocutory order?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from GRAY v. RIZZI, 2010 ONSC 2858 (CanLII):
The principle of functus officio provides that until an order is issued and entered, the judicial officer who made the order remains seized of the matter and has the power to reconsider, vary or revoke the judgment: see Chand v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia 2009 BCSC 4 (CanLII).
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