What are the implications of a decision not to hear a case on the grounds that it is moot?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chartier v. Chartier Estate (Trustee of), 2012 MBQB 243 (CanLII):
Moreover, this case raises a novel point with ramifications beyond the circumstances here. The decision not to hear a case on the basis that it is moot is discretionary and courts may choose to hear a case in order to resolve a legal point of import even where it will have no impact on the parties before the court (see e.g. Tremblay v. Daigle, 1989 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 530, at par. 10).
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