Date: 19981027

Docket: A-901-96

CORAM:      THE CHIEF JUSTICE

         LINDEN J.A.                 

         SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

     PREM MALHOTRA

     Appellant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

THE CHIEF JUSTICE

[1]      The appellant appeals against an order made by the Associate Chief Justice dismissing the appellant's appeal from an order made by the Associate Senior Prothonotary on

16 August, 1996.

[2]      For his part, the Associate Senior Prothonotary had granted the respondent's motion, struck out the plaintiff's statement of claim and dismissed her action on the basis that, on his reading of the statement of claim, the plaintiff was seeking a retrial of the matters previously the subject of the proceedings terminated by the refusal of the Supreme Court of Canada to entertain an application for leave.

[3]      In dismissing the appellant's appeal from the order made by the Associate Senior Prothonotary, the Associate Chief Justice stated (Appeal Book, page 91):

As indicated in oral reasons, the appellant did not attack the validity of the reasons of Giles A.S.P. who not only made no reviewable error, but in my view, reached the only reasonable conclusion.

    

[4]      In prosecuting her appeal, the appellant has filed a memorandum of fact and law in which, among other things, she attacks the order made by the Associate Chief Justice on the basis that he did not take into account all relevant considerations.

[5]      We are all of the view that the order made by the Associate Chief Justice was discretionary and that the appellant has failed to demonstrate to our satisfaction that the Associate Chief Justice had not taken into account all relevant considerations in exercising his discretion to dismiss the respondent's motion. See Reza v. Canada [1994] 2 S.C.R. 394.

[6]      We will, therefore, dismiss the appeal.

                             "Julius A. Isaac"

                                 C.J.

I agree.                         "A.M. Linden"

                                 J.A.

I agree.                         "J. Edgar Sexton"

                                 J.A.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

October 27, 1998

              FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                              A-901-96

STYLE OF CAUSE:                      PREM MALHOTRA

                                 - and -

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

DATE OF HEARING:                      FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1998

PLACE OF HEARING:                      TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:             ISAAC C.J.

DATED:                              TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1998

APPEARANCES:                 

                                 Ms. Prem Malhotra

                    

                                    For the Appellant

                                 Mr. Christopher Parke

                                    For the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:                  Prem Malhotra

                                 308 - 1455 Lawrence Ave. West

                                 Toronto, Ontario

                                 M6L 1B1

                                    For the Appellant

    

                                 Morris Rosenberg

                                 Deputy Attorney General

                                 of Canada

           

                                    For the Respondent

FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 19981027

Docket: A-901-96

BETWEEN:

PREM MALHOTRA

     Appellant

-and-

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

Date: 19981027

Docket: A-901-96

CORAM:      THE CHIEF JUSTICE

         LINDEN J.A.                 

         SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

     PREM MALHOTRA

     Appellant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on Friday, October 23, 1998.

Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, October 27, 1998.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      THE CHIEF JUSTICE

CONCURRED BY:      LINDEN J.A.

     SEXTON J.A.