Ontario court finds Toronto Soccer Association and Ontario Soccer Association breached standard of fairness by failing to give adequate notice of the infractions at issue and the sanctions that could be faced in dispute over player ages

16. January 2018 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Soccer Association – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Jurisdiction – Notice – Associations and clubs – Disciplinary proceedings Islington Rangers Soccer League v. Toronto Soccer Association, [2017] O.J. No. 5647, 2017 ONSC 6229, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, November 2, 2017, M. Koehnen J. The Ontario ...

Claim for compensation for occupational silicosis returned to WCAT for redetermination with regard to the disease and the compensation

22. November 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Workers Compensation Boards – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness – Workers compensation – Occupational disease Workers compensation Goik v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), [2017] B.C.J. No. 1949, 2017 BCSC 1756, British Columbia Supreme Court, September 29, 2017, J.E. Watchuk J. (In ...

Community Outreach Pharmacy Ltd. successful on an application for production of documents by the BC Minister of Health

22. November 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Minister of Health – Judicial review – Practice and procedure – Discovery – Professions – Pharmacists – PharmaCare Enrollment Agreement – Access to information – Production of records Community Outreach Pharmacy Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Health), [2017] B.C.J. No. 1836, 2017 BCSC 1634, British Columbia Supreme Court, ...

College member obtains a stay of a decision of the College Registrar revoking her certificate of registration

22. November 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – College of Psychotherapists – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Natural justice – Permits and licences – Revocation – Psychotherapists – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Notice of complaint Haramic v. College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario (Registrar), [2017] O.J. No. ...

Ontario court finds proper forum is judicial review, dismisses application for order mandating the Special Investigations Unit to conduct a proper investigation and lay charges against officers

19. September 2017 0
Administrative law – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Remedies – Mandamus – Criminal matters Zreik v. Ontario (Attorney General), [2017] O.J. No. 3865, 2017 ONSC 4516, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, July 25, 2017, T.A. Bielby J. The Applicant sought an order mandating the Director of the SIU to conduct a proper investigation and lay ...

Federal Court refers complaint regarding discrimination related to medicinal marijuana back to the CHRC for re-determination

19. September 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Commission – Judicial review – Human rights complaints – Disability – Procedural fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness McIlvenna v. Bank of Nova Scotia, [2017] F.C.J. No. 728, 2017 FC 699, Federal Court, July 19, 2017, K.M. Boswell J. In 2012, the Commission dismissed the complaint ...

Appeal by CICPO from order of applications judge refusing to order Minister of Health to more stringently enforce Regulations imposing on suppliers of generic pharmaceuticals an obligation to supply the whole province dismissed

19. September 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Appeals – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness – Remedies – Mandamus Council of Independent Community Pharmacy Owners Inc. v. Newfoundland and Labrador, [2017] N.J. No. 283, 2017 NLCA 45, Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court – Court of Appeal, July 25, 2017, B.G. Welsh, C.W. White and ...

CGA successful on judicial review in setting aside liability and penalty decisions in a professional misconduct matter

21. June 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Certified General Accountants – Judicial review – Evidence – Credibility – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Professions – Accountants – Disciplinary proceedings – Procedural fairness Richmond v. Discipline Committee of the Certified General Accountants Assn. of Ontario, [2017] O.J. No. 2078, 2017 ONSC 1765, Ontario Superior ...

Judicial review inappropriate forum to make standalone challenges to set aside Crown Proceeding Act and Water Act

21. June 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Environmental Appeal Board – Hearing de novo – Judicial review application – Availability – Striking out Lindelauf v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2017] B.C.J. No. 733, 2017 BCSC 626, British Columbia Supreme Court, April 18, 2017, S.A. Donegan J. Section 9 of the Water Act, R.S.B.C. 1996 c. ...