What is the current state of the law governing petitions of right?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dolmage v. Ontario, 2010 ONSC 1726 (CanLII):
Despite the enactment of the 19th century statutes in the United Kingdom and in this province, the law governing petitions of right did not remain static. It continued to evolve. It was not, for example, until Thomas v. The Queen (1874), L.R. 10 Q.B. 31 that it was finally settled that a judgment that the petitioner was entitled to damages against the Crown for breach of contract might be granted: see Holdsworth, above, at page 41.
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