Inherent jurisdiction is not unlimited, does the Court have any power to exercise it?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Zaldin v. Zaldin, 2014 ONSC 6504 (CanLII):

R.C. Boswell J. held in Judson v. Mitchele[6] Inherent jurisdiction is not unlimited, however. It has been described as a “special or extraordinary power” that should be exercised “only sparingly and in a clear case” (citation omitted)

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