The applicant, the Mayor of the Township of Springwater, sought judicial review of a decision by the Township's Compliance Audit Committee to order a second, 'forensic' audit of his election campaign finances after finding the first audit unsatisfactory.
The Divisional Court dismissed the application as premature, holding that the court should not intervene in ongoing administrative proceedings absent exceptional circumstances.
The court found that the Committee's decision to order a second audit involved the interpretation of its home statute and was not a true question of jurisdiction.
The court also limited the Committee's standing on the judicial review to jurisdictional issues and confirmed that the Committee's term had not expired.
