Can a decision maker review an entered order or related reasons?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Construction and Specialized Workers Union, Local 1611 v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2015 BCSC 1471 (CanLII):
The general rule is that decision makers cannot review an entered order, or related reasons, unless there had been a slip in drawing it up or an error in expressing the manifest intention of the court; however, this general rule is applied in a flexible manner in the administrative law context: Chandler v. Alberta Association of Architects, 1989 CanLII 41 (SCC), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 848 at 861 - 862.
In Sellathurai v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2008 FCA 255, the court reviewed the admissibility of affidavit evidence from the decision maker on judicial review:
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