Is affidavit evidence admissible on an application for certiorari?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from TNL Industrial Contractors Ltd. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1998 ABQB 241 (CanLII):

The same view is held by Lord Denning, who, in The King v. Northumberland Compensation Appeal Tribunal, [1952] 1 All E.R. 122 (C.A.) 131, said the following: [I]s ... affidavit evidence... admissible on an application for certiorari[?] When certiorari is granted on the ground of want of jurisdiction, or bias, or fraud, affidavit evidence is not only admissible but necessary.... . . .

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