Application for judicial review of a decision of the General Manager of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan to refuse full payment of funds claimed by a physician for services rendered to patients under the provincial health care plan

24. May 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Government – Health Insurance Plan – Late-filed claims – Physicians and surgeons – Billing matters – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Compliance with legislation – Ultra vires – Delay – Failure to provide reasons Perlmutter v. Ontario (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care), [2016] ...

Application to the Alberta Court of Appeal for leave to appeal a decision of the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board remitting a matter back to the same decision maker that initially dismissed the appellant’s complaint against a police officer

24. May 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Police Review Board – Police – Professional governance and discipline – Judicial review – Appeals – Leave to appeal – Investigations – Compliance with legislation – Remedies – Procedural requirements and fairness – Bias Steele v. Edmonton (City) Police Service, [2016] A.J. No. 327, 2016 ABCA 95, ...

The petitioner, a pharmacy, in a judicial review petition for an interlocutory injunction, sought two orders in the nature of certiorari quashing the decision of the Ministry of Health: (i) that the petitioner owes $1,392,405.85 to the Province of BC and (ii) to refuse to enroll the pharmacy in the PharmaCare program pursuant to the Pharmaceutical Services Act (“PSA”)

24. March 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial orders – Pharmacists – PharmaCare Enrollment Agreement – Billing matters – Public interest – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Remedies – Interlocutory injunctions Community Outreach Pharmacy Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Health), [2015] B.C.J. No. 2919, British Columbia Supreme Court, November 16, ...

The Alberta Court of Appeal allowed an appeal made by a veterinarian from a regulatory order suspending his licence and requiring him to attend addictions treatment on the basis that he was denied procedural fairness

24. March 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Veterinary Associations – Veterinarians – Disciplinary proceedings – Competence – Licence to practice – Suspensions – Judicial review – Natural justice – Procedural requirements and fairness – Notice – Disclosure Irwin v. Alberta Veterinary Medical Assn., [2015] A.J. No. 1398, 2015 ABCA 396, Alberta Court of Appeal, ...

The Information and Privacy Commissioner appealed the respondent’s determination that certain documents should not be released pursuant to a request for access to information on the basis the documents were privileged

23. February 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Privacy commissioner – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure of records – Solicitor-client privilege – Judicial review – Privileged communications Newfoundland and Labrador (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority, [2015] N.J. No. 423, 2015 NLTD(G) 183, Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme ...

The applicant/appellant sought judicial review of a decision of the Council of the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers affirming a decision to deny his application to be registered as a social worker in that province

23. February 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Association of Social Workers – Licence to practice – Character evidence – Judicial review – Applications – Evidence – Procedural fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Nowoselsky v. Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers, [2015] S.J. No. 678, 2015 SKQB 390, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, ...

Application by a police officer for an order quashing or staying disciplinary proceedings against him on the basis they contravened his rights under ss. 7 and 11 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

23. February 2016 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Police Services Board – Police – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Investigations – Bias – Compliance with legislation – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Judicial review Ontario (Provincial Police) v. Ontario (Provincial) Police Services Board, [2015] O.J. No. 6534, 2015 ONSC 7718, ...

An applicant for admission to the Law Society (“DeMaria”) was unsuccessful on judicial review of a decision by the Admissions and Education Committee of the Law Society refusing to grant his admission.

22. December 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Law Societies – In-house counsel – Barristers and solicitors – Admission to profession – Competence – Public interest – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Bias – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter – Remedies – Mandamus DeMaria v. Law Society of Saskatchewan, [2015] S.J. ...

Judicial review may not be utilized where an adequate alternative remedy, such as a statutory right of appeal, has not been exhausted prior to judicial review proceedings being taken

22. December 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Municipal councils – Municipalities – By-laws – Nuisance – Continuing contravention – Extension of time – Appeals – Remedies – Alternative remedies – Judicial review – Delay – Limitation of actions Moyer v. Corman Park No. 344 (Rural Municipality), [2015] S.J. No. 513, 2015 SKQB 281, Saskatchewan ...

The Court denied a vexatious litigant (pharmacist) leave to appeal a decision that denied his reinstatement application for his pharmacy license on the basis that it was an abuse of process and there were no reasonable grounds for it

22. December 2015 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – College of Pharmacists – Pharmacists – Governance – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Licence to practice – Reinstatement – Judicial review – Appeals – Leave to appeal – Abuse of process – Jurisdiction – Compliance with legislation – Rules and by-laws – Standard ...