The High Court, in a judicial review case concerning aircraft inspections and regulatory actions, granted leave to cross-examine witnesses on their affidavits, where the dispute could not be resolved on affidavit evidence alone, and where this approach would be more streamlined than a plenary hearing.
judicial review, aircraft inspections, pilot's license suspension, factual dispute, affidavit evidence, cross-examination, plenary hearing, Order 84 Rule 24 RSC, case management, regulatory actions, procedural fairness, administrative law, aviation safety, statutory interpretation, litigation conduct.