- Parties: The applicant was Liliana Kostic - Natioyiiputakki. The respondents were His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Its Agents, Lapsed Piikani Chief Stanley C. Grier-kiaayo Tamisoowo, Lapsed Piikani Councillors Doane K Crowshoe, Erwin Bastien,Troy Knowlton, Wesley Crowshoe, Riel Provost-Houle, Theodore Provost, Che Little Leaf-Matusiak, CIBC Trust Corporation, CIBC, CIBC Wealth Management – World Markets/Wood Gundy, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Caireen Hanert, and Its Navigant Division from 2005/6 onwards.

- Subject Matter: A notice of application sought the judicial review of a Federal Court decision. The respondents requested an order under s. 18.4 of the Federal Courts Act, 1985 to strike out the application without leave to amend. Alternatively, they sought to strike the applicant’s affidavit under r. 81 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106.

- Ruling: The court ruled in the respondents’ favour, allowed the respondents’ motion, and struck the application without leave to amend. The court held that the application was doomed to fail due to innumerable deficiencies. The court saw no need to consider whether amendments might cure the defects because the applicant lacked standing to bring the application.

- Date: The hearing was set on June 13, 2023. The court released its decision on Aug. 4, 2023.

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

- Amount: The court ordered the payment of costs of $7,500 inclusive of tax and disbursements to the moving parties.