- Parties: The applicant was Juanita Wood. The respondents were the Attorney General of Canada.

- Subject Matter: In 2014, Yukon’s Department of Highways and Public Works terminated the applicant’s employment. She unsuccessfully brought extensive litigation relating to her termination. The Yukon Supreme Court and Yukon Court of Appeal declared her a vexatious litigant. In July 2022, she swore five new informations in a private prosecution against Yukon’s government, Yukon’s Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board, and certain individuals. In October 2022, the director of public prosecutions stayed all five informations. The applicant then filed the underlying judicial review application under s. 18.1, which challenged the director’s decision. The respondent moved to strike the underlying application. The responded argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter and that the Crown prosecutor was not a federal board, commission, or other tribunal under s. 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act, 1985, given that prosecutorial discretion was exercised in making the decision. In February 2023, the associate judge granted the respondent’s motion to strike and dismissed the underlying application. The applicant filed a motion seeking to appeal the associate judge’s order under s. 51(1) of the Federal Courts Rules. Last Feb. 5, in Wood v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 182, the Federal Court allowed the applicant’s appeal and set aside the associate judge’s order. This case is ongoing.

- Date: The hearing was set on Apr. 4, 2024.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.