Hutton v. Sayat

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Citation2025 FCA 66
Docket NumberA-177-24; A-189-24; A-190-24
Date21 March 2025

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2 practice notes
  • Sandhu v. College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 23, 2026
    ...litigant under section 40 of the Federal Courts Act and to dismiss an action for lack of merit are discretionary: Hutton v. Sayat, 2025 FCA 66 at para. 4, citing Feeney v. Canada, 2022 FCA 190 at para. 4 and other decisions. As such, this Court may overturn the Federal Court only if it erre......
  • Johnson v. Canadian Tennis Association
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • June 26, 2025
    ...erred in law or committed a palpable and overriding error regarding a question of fact or one of mixed fact and law: Hutton v. Sayat, 2025 FCA 66 at para. 18; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33. Indeed, we should only intervene if the Federal Court “made an error in principle or if the costs......
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  • Sandhu v. College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 23, 2026
    ...litigant under section 40 of the Federal Courts Act and to dismiss an action for lack of merit are discretionary: Hutton v. Sayat, 2025 FCA 66 at para. 4, citing Feeney v. Canada, 2022 FCA 190 at para. 4 and other decisions. As such, this Court may overturn the Federal Court only if it erre......
  • Johnson v. Canadian Tennis Association
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • June 26, 2025
    ...erred in law or committed a palpable and overriding error regarding a question of fact or one of mixed fact and law: Hutton v. Sayat, 2025 FCA 66 at para. 18; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33. Indeed, we should only intervene if the Federal Court “made an error in principle or if the costs......