Date: 20000628

Docket: A-746-98

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH, 2000.

CORAM:      ROBERTSON, J.A.

         McDONALD, J.A.

         SEXTON, J.A.

BETWEEN:

     ROBERT O. JENSEN

     Appellant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

Heard at Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday, June 28, 2000

REASONS OF THE COURT BY:      McDONALD J.A.

Date: 20000628

Docket: A-746-98

CORAM:      ROBERTSON, J.A.

         McDONALD, J.A.

         SEXTON, J.A.

BETWEEN:

     ROBERT O. JENSEN

     Appellant

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

McDONALD, J.A.:

[1]      This is an appeal from the order of the Trial Division denying the appellant an extension of time to file and serve his affidavit in support of his application for judicial review.

[2]      Since the impugned decision was one calling for the exercise of judicial discretion, this Court can only interfere if it is shown that the Judge acted on a wrong principle or failed to give appropriate weight to relevant considerations.

[3]      Where the Motions Judge has given no reasons for his decision, this Court's duty is "to consider the record to determine whether there was material before the Motions Judge which could form the basis for his exercise of discretion consistent with legal principles and the requirements of Justice.

[4]      It is irrelevant that other judges may have decided the matter differently; it is enough that the Motions Judge, acting judiciously, could properly have exercised his discretion to deny the extension of time sought by the appellant.

[5]      The appeal will be dismissed with costs.

     "F.J. McDonald"

     J.A.

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     FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

     NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                      A-746-98

STYLE OF CAUSE:

ROBERT O. JENSEN

     - and -

     ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

PLACE OF HEARING:             Edmonton, alberta

DATE OF HEARING:             June 28, 2000

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      McDonald J.A.

DATED:                      June 28, 2000

APPEARANCES:

Mr. Bruce e. Mintz                         FOR THE APPELLANT

Mr. Kenneth A. Manning                      FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Mr. Bruce E. Mintz

400 - The Dorchester

10357 - 109 Street

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1N3                      FOR THE APPELLANT

Morris A. Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Department of Justice

211 Bank of Montreal Bldg

10199 - 101 Street

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3Y4                      FOR THE RESPONDENT