- Parties: The appellant was Andrew Nicholas Hokhold. The respondent was the Attorney General of Canada.

- Subject Matter: The appellant filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Justice Patrice Abrioux, then of the B.C. Supreme Court. The appellant also brought other complaints against judges who ruled against him. These complaints were all dismissed and were all found to involve judicial decision-making rather than judicial conduct and thus outside the Canadian Judicial Council’s mandate. The Council’s executive director dismissed the present complaint and found it to be an abuse of process. The appellant filed a judicial review application. The Federal Court dismissed the application. The appellant challenged the Federal Court’s decision.

- Ruling: The appeal court ruled in the respondent’s favour and dismissed the appeal with costs. On the issue of whether the lower court identified the appropriate standard of review and correctly applied it, the appeal court found that the Federal Court correctly identified reasonableness as the appropriate standard of review. The appellant failed to show that the Council’s decision was unreasonable, the appeal court held. Much of the appellant’s written and oral submissions relate to the conduct of a judge other than Justice Abrioux, the appeal court noted.

- Date: The hearing was set on Oct. 5, 2023. The court released its decision on Oct. 5, 2023.

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

- Amount: No financial award was specified.