Can a judicial review application be dismissed for unreasonable delay?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Thandi v The Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia, 2022 BCSC 77 (CanLII):

The effect of delay in judicial review applications was more recently addressed in Day v. Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, 2018 BCCA 495, at paras.9-13, where Willcock J.A. again confirmed the court has a discretion to dismiss a judicial review application for unreasonable delay.

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