Administrative Law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Government institution – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Public bodies – Disclosure – Third parties – Notice – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Evidence – Standard of proof Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v Canada (Health), [2012] S.C.J. No. 3, 2012 SCC 3, ...
Administrative law – Judges – Recusal – Judicial review – Bias Truckair v Canada, [2011] N.S.J. No. 577, 2011 NSSC 398, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, October 28, 2011, C.A. Bourgeois J. The applicant (Truckair) was charged with six counts of fishery offences and a search warrant was obtained by investigators. Soon after, an ex parte application was made to ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – College of Nurses – Human Rights Tribunal – Nurses – Disciplinary proceedings – Public interest – Human rights complaints – Discrimination – Disability – Duty to accommodate – Judicial review – Appeals – Investigations – Standard of review – Correctness – Compliance with legislation – Privative clauses ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Police Commission – Law Enforcement Review Board – Jurisdiction – Police – Disciplinary proceedings – Judicial review – Investigations – Standard of review – Correctness – Compliance with legislation Edmonton Police Service v Alberta (Law Enforcement Review Board), [2011] A.J. No. 1117, 2011 ABCA 288, Alberta Court of ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Prison warden – Prisons – Transfer of inmates – Judicial review – Investigations – Disclosure – Test – Procedural requirements and fairness – Remedies – Habeas corpus – Certiorari Khela v. Mission Institution, [2011] B.C.J. No. 2111, 2011 BCCA 450, British Columbia Court of Appeal, November 9, 2011, ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Registrar of Mortgage Brokers – Licence to practice – Public interest – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Correctness – Patent unreasonableness – Reasonableness simpliciter Westergaard v. British Columbia (Registrar of Mortgage Brokers), [2011] B.C.J. No. 1531, 2011 BCCA 344, British Columbia ...
Administrative law – Natural resources – Oil and gas – Contracts – Hearings – Conduct of hearings – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Energy Resources Conservation Board – Judicial review – Appeals – Failure to provide reasons – Natural justice – Procedural requirements and fairness – Witnesses Inter Pipeline Fund v. Alberta Energy Resources Conservation ...
Administrative law – Government – Immigration – Sponsorship debts – Social assistance – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Procedural requirements and fairness Canada (Attorney General) v. Mavi, [2011] S.C.J. No. 30, 2011 SCC 30, Supreme Court of Canada, June 10, 2011, McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel, ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Registrar of Mortgage Brokers – Financial Services Tribunal – Mortgage brokers – Judicial review – Application for intervenor status – Appeals – Evidence – Compliance with legislation Westergaard v. British Columbia (Registrar of Mortgage Brokers), [2011] B.C.J. No. 990, 2011 BCCA 256, British Columbia Court of Appeal, ...