Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Police – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Disciplinary proceedings Laporte v. Canada (Attorney General), [2021] F.C.J. No. 120, 2021 FC 118, Federal Court, February 5, 2021, R.F. Southcott J. ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – School boards – Judicial review – Appeals – Procedural requirements and fairness – Legislative compliance – Failure to provide reasons – Standard of review – Correctness – Teachers – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Disciplinary proceedings Oberg v. Saskatchewan Board of Education of the South East Cornerstone School ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Registered Nurses Association – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness – Nurses – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Off-duty conduct – Human rights – Charter – Freedom of expression Strom v. Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association, [2020] S.J. No. 370, ...
Administrative law – Human rights – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Equality rights – Discrimination – Employment – Benefits – Pension plans Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), [2020] S.C.J. No. 28, 2020 SCC 28, Supreme Court of Canada, October 16, 2020, R. Wagner C.J. and R.S. Abella, M.J. Moldaver, A. Karakatsanis, S. Côté, R. ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Law Societies – Abuse of process – Judicial review – Appeals – Procedural requirements and fairness – Compliance with legislation – Stay of proceedings – Delay – Standard of review – Correctness – Barristers and solicitors – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct Abrametz v. Law Society of Saskatchewan, [2020] ...
Administrative law – Human rights complaints – Working conditions – Remedies – Damages – Public law remedies Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, [2020] S.C.J. No. 5, 2020 SCC 5, Supreme Court of Canada, February 28, 2020, R. Wagner C.J. and R.S. Abella, M.J. Moldaver, A. Karakatsanis, C. Gascon, S. Côté, R. Brown, M. Rowe and ...
The Applicant pharmacist, Mr. Jaffer, was unsuccessful in attempting to seek judicial review of a decision of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (“HPARB”). The HPARB dismissed his appeal from a decision made by the Ontario College of Pharmacists relating to a remedial disposition in a complaint matter. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – ...
The Appellant physician, Dr. Collett, successfully appealed a decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s Appeal Council. The Appeal Council had dismissed Dr. Collett’s appeal of the Complaint Director’s decision to suspend him from practice on July 31, 2018. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – College of Physicians and Surgeons – Suspension ...
In 2014, the Appellant, the Minister of Environment, decided a ski resort project was not substantially started. A chambers judge held this decision was unreasonable, and the Minister appealed to the BC Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Minister of Environment – Assessment – Legislative compliance ...
