Tribunal members’ questions and comments during discipline hearing demonstrate reasonable apprehension of bias

21. July 2020 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Institute of Chartered Accountants; Judicial review – Reasonable apprehension of bias – Natural justice – Procedural requirements and fairness – Appeals; Accountants – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming Yee v. Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta, [2020] A.J. No. 291, 2020 ABCA 98, Alberta Court of Appeal, March 6, 2020, ...

Professional’s pattern of disruptive conduct can constitute unprofessional conduct

21. July 2020 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – College of Physicians and Surgeons – Suspension – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Correctness – Physicians and surgeons – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming Al-Ghamdi v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, [2020] A.J. No. 207, 2020 ABCA 71, Alberta Court of Appeal, February ...

Application to appeal granted after an applicant raises significant questions of law potentially engaging Vavilov

16. June 2020 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Police Review Board – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Police – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming Moffat v. Edmonton (City) Police Service, [2020] A.J. No. 271, 2020 ABCA 80, Alberta Court of Appeal, February 27, 2020, M.G. Crighton J.A. The applicant was a ...

Employers only have to try so hard: terminating employment after an employee fails to engage in the accommodation process and fails to respond to related correspondence is not retaliation

Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Commission – investigations – Disability – Discrimination – Employment law – Wrongful dismissal – Judicial review – Application – Appeals – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness Wojtasiewicz v. Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [2020] A.J. No. 81, 2020 ABCA 23, Alberta Court of ...

Hear me out! Judicial Review of the Vice President of Northern Lakes College decision to not convene a Student Appeals Committee after the applicant was removed from his practicum program

17. March 2020 0
The applicant was a student in the Primary Care Paramedic Program. He was removed from the program by Alberta Health Services, which ran a portion of the practicum program. The applicant was subsequently removed from the academic program for failure to complete his academic requirements. He sought a hearing in front of the Student Appeal ...

Court dismisses an application concerning the condition of a residence on the basis that the application was out of time and the orders within the discretion of the respondent

18. February 2020 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Public Health Appeal Board – Judicial review – Limitations – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Human rights complaints – Jurisdiction Peter v. Public Health Appeal Board of Alberta, [2019] A.J. No. 1761, 2019 ABQB 989, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, December 20, ...

Court of Appeal allows an appeal on the basis that the underlying judgment effectively reviewed a decision of an assessment board by applying a correctness standard

18. February 2020 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Assessment Review Board – Expert evidence – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Correctness – Municipalities – Tax Wheatland County v. Federated Co-Operatives Limited, [2019] A.J. No. 1768, 2019 ABCA 513, Alberta Court of Appeal, December 23, 2019, F.F. Slatter, M.G. Crighton and R. Khullar JJ.A. The ...

An example of how not to suspend a physician from practice for incapacity

21. January 2020 0
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 ...

Complainant in professional discipline matter lacked standing to judicially review merits of decision to dismiss complaint

19. November 2019 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – College of Physicians and Surgeons – Complaints lacking merit – Judicial review – Appeals – Standing – Physicians and surgeons – Professional misconduct Makis v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, [2019] A.J. No. 1229, 2019 ABCA 341, Alberta Court of Appeal, September 13, 2019, R. Khullar J.A. ...

The OIPC unreasonably balanced privacy of the individuals over appropriate sharing and access of health information to respond to complaints

15. October 2019 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Information and Privacy Commissioner – Judicial review – Appeals – Legislative compliance – Fresh evidence – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure Gowrishankar v. J.K., [2019] A.J. No. 1167, 2019 ABCA 316, Alberta Court of Appeal, August 30, 2019, B.K. ...