Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Privacy Commissioner – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure of records – Public bodies – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Unreasonableness Airbnb Ireland UC v. Vancouver (City), [2023] B.C.J. No. 1294, 2023 BCSC 1137, British Columbia Supreme Court, July ...
The British Columbia Supreme Court held that the principle that an appellate body should only raise a new issue when failing to do so would risk an injustice applies in a flexible and contextually appropriate manner to appeals and reconsiderations from administrative decision makers Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Employment Standards Tribunal – Remuneration ...
Court addresses application of principles governing judicial discipline. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Justices of the Peace Review Council – Judicial review – Appeals – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Professions – Judges – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Removal from office Ontario (Justice of the Peace) ...
BC Court of Appeal upholds Supreme Court decision to protect implied undertaking to the court, prohibiting pre-trial discovery evidence from being used by a professional regulator to investigate a professional regulatory complaint. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Investigations – Judicial review – Appeals – Confidentiality – Discretion – Engineers – Professional misconduct Association of ...
Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismisses judicial review as premature, finding exceptional circumstances did not exist to warrant early intervention of the courts even though the issue of prematurity of the application was not raised by the parties at the hearing. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Arbitration Board – Judicial review application – Premature ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Justices of the Peace Review Council – Jurisdiction – Professions – Judges – Judicial misconduct – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Practice – Adjournment Ballam v. Justices of the Peace Review Council, [2023] O.J. No. 1785, 2023 ONSC 2502, Ontario ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Tribunal – Judicial review – Appeals – Legislative compliance – Standard of review – Correctness – Human rights – Discrimination – Family status – Marital status – Gender – Labour relations Gibraltar Mines Ltd. v. Harvey, [2023] B.C.J. No. 720, 2023 BCCA 168, British Columbia Court of ...
Administrative law – Municipalities – By-laws – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Judicial review – Legislative compliance – Jurisdictional questions – Ultra vires legislation – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Appeals V.I.T. Estates Ltd. v. New Westminster (City), [2023] B.C.J. No. 799, 2023 BCCA 183, British Columbia Court of Appeal, May 1, 2023, H. ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Residential Tenancy office – Landlord and tenant – Residential tenancies agreements – Eviction – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Dyck v. Lyndon, [2023] B.C.J. No. 518, 2023 BCSC 440, British Columbia Supreme Court, March 23, 2023, D.A. Betton J. In ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Tribunal – Disability – Duty to accommodate – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Evidence – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness McNeil v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal), [2023] B.C.J. No. 561, 2023 BCSC 481, British Columbia Supreme Court, March 29, 2023, B.M. Young ...
