On what basis has a court ever allowed a tribunal to exercise its own jurisdiction?
New Brunswick, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Bransen Construction Ltd., 2002 NBCA 27 (CanLII):
On the other hand, courts have not abdicated their constitutional responsibility to ensure that tribunals stay within the boundaries imposed by the rule of law. For example, no one would expect a reviewing court to permit a labour board to arrogate unto itself the power to issue building permits simply because its decisions are protected by a privative clause. Otherwise, a tribunal would be able to decide the limits of its own jurisdiction - a hallmark of a superior court: see Crevier v. A.G. (Quebec) et al., 1981 CanLII 30 (SCC), [1981] 2 S.C.R. 220, per Laskin C.J.
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