What is the test for granting declaratory relief?
Yukon, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ross River Dena Council v Yukon (Government of), 2015 YKSC 45 (CanLII):
As stated in Canada v. Solosky, 1979 CanLII 9 (SCC), [1980] 1 S.C.R. 821, at p. 832, declaratory relief is discretionary. There are two factors to be considered: the utility of granting the declaration and whether it will settle the questions at issue between the parties.
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