How has the Court of Appeal in Ontario dealt with a writ of appeal?

We accepted jurisdiction in the writ proceeding because of a showing made by appellants, then acting as petitioners, that there was such a need for quick disposition of the questions raised in the petition that the remedy of an appeal disposing of the issues was inadequate. We decided the questions as to which we issued our alternative writ and nothing more. Indeed we lacked the power to extend the scope of our decision because to have gone beyond the dimensions of the alternative writ would have denied notice and opportunity to be heard to the respondents. (See Kowis v. Howard (1992) 3 Cal.4th 888, 894-895, 12 Cal.Rptr.2d 728, 838 P.2d 250.)