A member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (the “College”) sought judicial review of the Registrar’s decision to amend a Notice of Hearing after the hearing commenced. The application was dismissed as it was premature since the discipline panel had not been given an opportunity to decide if it would hear the new charges.

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Administrative law – Judicial review – Questions of jurisdiction – Amendment of notice of hearing – College of Physicians and Surgeons – Disciplinary proceedings Henderson v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2001] O.J. No. 5367, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, October 22, 2001, Then, J. A discipline panel of the College accepted jurisdiction over ...

The City of Toronto applied to the court to have a decision of the Ontario Municipal Board (the “Board”) set aside. The Board had determined that a City by-law was illegal. In granting the City’s petition, the court held that the Board had no jurisdiction to determine the legislative competency of a municipality.

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Administrative law – Municipal boards – Questions of jurisdiction – Change of by-laws Toronto City v. Goldlist Properties Inc., [2002] O.J. No. 601, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 20, 2002, Blair, Day and Marchand, JJ. Counsel for the City of Toronto (the “City”) adopted bylaw no. 147-1999 which amended the metropolitan Toronto official plan. ...

An Application for Judicial Review of a decision of the Appeal Division of the National Parole Board was dismissed. The Court held that the evidence upon which Appeal Division based its decision was sufficient to support its decision.

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Administrative law – Judicial review – Questions of jurisdiction – National Parole Board hearings Cartier v. Canada (Attorney General), (2001) F.C.J. No. 1089, Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, July 4, 2001, Nadon, J. The Plaintiff (“Cartier”) was serving a 15-year term of imprisonment for manslaughter. The parole board ordered that he be kept in custody ...

The Information Commissioner issued two subpoenas compelling the Deputy Minister of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (the “CIC”) to produce records. The Attorney General’s application to set aside the subpoenas was granted on jurisdictional basis.

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Administrative law – Judicial review – Standard of review – Questions of jurisdiction – Correctness test – Access to information – Production of records – Extension of time – Investigative bodies – Powers Canada (Attorney General) v. Canada (Information Commissioner), [2002] F.C.J. No. 177, Federal Court of Canada – Trial Division, February 6, 2002, Kelen, J. In ...

The Applicant, the Ontario Conference of Judges (the “Association”), sought an order quashing and setting aside the decision of the Respondent (Government of Ontario), which rejected and failed to implement recommendations of the remuneration commission. The application was dismissed. The Court held that the decision of the Respondent met the “rationality test”.

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Administrative law – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness test – Simple rationality – Remuneration of judges Ontario Judges Association v. Ontario (Chair, Management Board), [2002] O.J. No. 533, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 15, 2002, O’Driscoll, Then and Dunnet, JJ. The Fourth Triennial Remuneration Commission (the “Commission”) was established to review the ...

The Appellant, a retired marine engineer applied for judicial review of a decision of the Workers Compensation Board (“WCB”). The appeal was dismissed. The BC Court of Appeal held that a decision of the Workers Compensation Review board was a recommendation rather than a directive and that the WCB’s procedure on re-examining the case was fair.

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Administrative law – Workers compensation – Procedural fairness – Privative clauses Clouston v. British Columbia (Workers Compensation Board), [2002] B.J.C. No. 353, British Columbia Court of Appeal, February 21, 2002, Rowles, Ryan and Donald, JJ.A. The Appellant worked for many years as a marine engineer with the Canadian Coast Guard. During his employment with the ...