Can a committal order be quashed in the absence of an error by the judge?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Toffolo, 1993 CanLII 2402 (BC CA):
4 The law is quite clear that a committal order cannot be quashed in the absence of an error by the judge outside the scope of his jurisdiction: Re Skogman v. The Queen (1984), 1984 CanLII 22 (SCC), 13 C.C.C. (3d) 161 at 173.
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