Yatar: Supreme Court of Canada allows judicial review despite alternative appeal routes

In its much-anticipated decision in Yatar,  the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the scope of a court’s discretion to judicially review an administrative decision in light of a limited statutory right of appeal. Writing for a unanimous court, Rowe J. held that neither a limited right of appeal nor a tribunal’s internal reconsideration process precludes a court’s discretion to undertake judicial review.