Is there any reason why the Court has a reluctance to re-open a decision already rendered?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Metal World Inc. v. Pennecon Energy Ltd., 2014 NLCA 10 (CanLII):
The reluctance to re-open a decision already rendered flows from the principle of finality on which judicial decisions are based. The underlying theme is that the appropriate avenue to challenge a decision is through the appeal process. (See, for example, Reekie v. Messervey, 1990 CanLII 158 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. 219, at pages 222 to 223.)
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