› Interlocutory applications in dismissed proceedings
Procedure
› Civil proceedings
› Parens patriae jurisdiction — scope and limits
Health law
› Mental health
› Guardianship and administration — protective orders
Equity
› Inherent jurisdiction
› Relationship to statutory regimes
Quick Take
1The parens patriae jurisdiction is not a substitute for applicable statutory and regulatory regimes; those regimes cannot be ignored or supplanted by invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the Court.
2Before the Court will consider exercising its parens patriae jurisdiction, the applicant must identify with precision the applicable statutory regimes, explain why they are deficient, and join the proper parties.
3An interlocutory application cannot be brought in proceedings that have already been dismissed; new proceedings must be commenced.
