The Ontario Superior Court of Justice reasserts that save for rare and exceptional cases, judicial reviews will be rejected as premature when brought in the middle of administrative proceedings

25. July 2023 0
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 ...

BC Supreme Court finds that if an administrative decision-maker is going to veer off its typical course in a decision, it needs to provide sufficient reasons to explain and justify its departure from the norm

21. February 2023 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Municipal boards – Planning and zoning – Intervenor status – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Delay – Failure to provide reasons – Standard of review – Correctness – Unreasonableness Beedie (Keefer Street) Holdings Ltd. v. Vancouver (City), [2022] B.C.J. No. 2392, 2022 BCSC 2150, British Columbia ...

Make sure there is a connecting theme between events, before trying to argue the last in the series of events extends a filing deadline, or you might be disappointed

21. February 2023 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights tribunal – Discrimination – Judicial review – Extension of time – Delay – Standard of review – Reasonableness Chen v. Western University, [2022] O.J. No. 5315, 2022 ONSC 6698, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, December 2, 2022, K.E. Swinton, T.R. Lederer and S. Nishikawa JJ. The applicant, ...