Applicant sought judicial review of the Minister of Agriculture’s review of the seizure of animals under the Animal Protection Act

14. June 2016 0
Judicial review from Minister’s review of seizure of animals under Animal Protection Act. Administrative law – Animals – Compliance with legislation – Correctness – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Interpretation – Judicial Review – Ministerial orders – Seizure and disposition of animals – Standard of Review Brennan v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Agriculture), [2015] N.S.J. No. 239, 2015 ...

Appeal from dismissal of claim against public school board for breach of freedom of religious expression in relation to proselytizing on school grounds

23. October 2015 0
Appeal from dismissal of claim against public school board for breach of freedom of religious expression in relation to proselytizing on school grounds. Administrative law – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Compliance with legislation – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Discrimination – Freedom of Religion – Human Rights – Judicial Review – Parental Rights ...

A doctoral student (“Tapics”) had enrolled in Dalhousie’s University department of oceanography to complete a PhD thesis involving sea turtles. However, a year and a half later, her field supervisor left the University and took data essential to her sea turtle research. Tapics changed her topic to right whales, but her faculty supervisor subsequently withdrew and no replacement supervisor was found by the faculty of graduate studies. Tapics sued Dalhousie and, on appeal, succeeded in establishing that her claim regarding the sea turtle “debacle” was not barred as an abuse of process.

22. September 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – University Committees – Universities – Fairness – Students – Judicial review – Abuse of process – Jurisdiction of court Tapics v. Dalhousie University, [2015] N.S.J. No. 30, 2015 NSCA 72, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, July 22, 2015, J.E. Fichaud, P. Bryson and J.E. Scanlan JJ.A. In ...

On judicial review, the Applicant argued that procedural fairness was not followed by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. The Court found that the Applicant failed to establish any violation of procedural fairness and therefore dismissed the judicial review application.

22. September 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Commission – Human Rights complaints – Discrimination – Sexual orientation – Investigations – Judicial review – Evidence – Fresh evidence – admissibility J.D. v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission), [2015] N.S.J. No. 323, 2015 NSSC 225, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, July 29, 2015, J.L. Chipman ...

Judicial review from Minister’s review of seizure of animals under Animal Protection Act

28. July 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial orders – Animals – Seizure and disposition of animals – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness Brennan v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Agriculture), [2015] N.S.J. No. 239, 2015 NSSC 171, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, June 10, 2015, M.J. Wood ...

A bus driver who was required to retire at age 65 made a human rights complaint alleging discrimination. A Nova Scotia Board of Inquiry under the Human Rights Act found discrimination, but the School Board successfully appealed from this determination.

24. March 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Commission – Human Rights complaints – Discrimination – Age – Mandatory retirement – Labour law – Collective agreements – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Tri-County Regional School Board v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Board of Inquiry), [2015] ...

The Appellant employer was successful in seeking an appeal relating to a decision by Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal (the”WCAT”) awarding the Respondent an increased permanent impairment benefit (the “PMI”)

22. July 2014 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Policies – Workers compensation – Occupational disease — Benefits – Statutory provisions – Judicial review – Evidence – Compliance with legislation Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. v. Anderson, [2014] N.S.J. No. 286, 2014 NSCA 59, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, June 10, 2014, M. ...

The Applicant Optometrist was unsuccessful in seeking judicial review of the Respondent College’s decision not to disclose an expert opinion to him before deciding to refer a complaint to its hearing committee

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – College of Optometrists – Optometrists – Professional governance and discipline – Disciplinary proceedings – Competence – Hearings – Disclosure – Evidence – Judicial review – Investigations – Procedural requirements and fairness Levesque v. Nova Scotia College of Optometrists, [2014] N.S.J. No. 28, 2014 NSSC 22, Nova Scotia ...

On judical review the court found that a failure to interview supervisors, when there is an allegation made against them that they were discriminatory, amounted to a breach of procedural fairness pursuant to the test set out in Slattery v. Canada (Human Rights Commission), (1994) 73 F.T.R. 161.

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Commission – Human Rights complaints – Discrimination – Gender – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Evidence Tessier v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission), [2014] N.S.J. No. 76, 2014 NSSC 65, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, February 19, 2014, A.J. LeBlanc J. From 1998 ...

The Applicant mother of a suspended student unsuccessfully applied for judicial review of the Respondent Board’s decision to suspend the student for 15 days

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – School boards – Notice requirements – Schools – Suspension of students – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Natural justice – Compliance with legislation Parsons v. Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, [2013] N.S.J. No. 282, 2013 NSSC 170, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, June 4, 2013, P.J. ...