DISCRETIONARY BARS
CHAPTER FIVE
5:1000 OVERVIEW
5:1100 Generally
5:1110 Mootness, Prematurity, and the Behaviour of the Appellant
5:1120 Justiciability
5:1200 Concurrent Jurisdiction
5:2000 MOOT APPEALS
5:2100 The General Rule
5:2200 Is the Appeal “Moot”?
5:2210 Generally
5:2220 Matters Held to be “Moot”
5:2221 Factual Changes
5:2222 Changes in the Law
5:2230 Matters Held Not to be “Moot”
5:2300 Should The Moot Appeal be Determined?
5:2310 Adequate Adversarial Presentation
5:2311 Appeal not Wholly Moot
5:2312 “Collateral Issues” Outstanding
5:2313 Test Cases
5:2320 Judicial Economy
5:2321 Practical Effect
5:2322 Likelihood of Issue Evasive of Appellate Review Recurring
5:2323 Cost of Uncertainty
5:2330 Exceeding the Proper Limits of Judicial Law-Making
5:2331 The Concept
5:2332 Appeals Not Determined
5:2333 Appeals Determined
5:3000 PREMATURITY
5:3100 Overview
5:3200 Lack of “Ripeness”
5:3210 No Decision from Which to Appeal
5:3220 Non-Compliance with Formal Requirements
5:3221 No Formal Order
5:3222 No Notice of Appeal
5:3230 Order Under Appeal is Conditional in Nature
5:3300 Interlocutory Decisions
5:3310 Appeal Not Heard
5:3320 Appeal Heard
5:3400 Rulings Made in the Course of A Trial or Hearing
5:3410 The General Principle
5:3420 Exceptional Circumstances
5:4000 REFUSING TO HEAR APPEAL BECAUSE OF APPELLANT’S CONDUCT
5:4100 Overview
5:4200 Contempt, Bad Faith and Abuse of Process
5:4210 Civil Contempt
5:4211 Generally
5:4212 Where Hearing the Appeal Would Impede the Course of Justice
5:4213 Where Non-Compliance Did Not Bar Appeal
5:4220 Bad Faith
5:4230 Abuse of Process
5:4231 Generally
5:4232 Inconsistency as Abuse of Process
5:4233 Tactical Appeals
5:4234 Unmeritorious Appeals
5:4235 Misconduct of the Parties
5:4300 Waiver and Acquiescence
5:4310 Generally
5:4320 Proceeding to Trial Before Completion of an Interlocutory Appeal
5:4330 Acting On The Judgment Under Appeal
5:4340 Appeals From Consent Orders
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