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, ...
The Court of Queen’s Bench allowed an appeal of an Uber driver’s acquittal in respect of two municipal bylaw offences. The Traffic Commissioner had acquitted the driver on the basis that he had not physically accepted the cash during a sting operation, meaning a true transaction did not take place and there was insufficient evidence ...
The Minister’s decision to deny the appellant’s application to become a fully licensed psychologist was upheld as reasonable because the appellant had not provided sufficient paperwork with her application for licensure to demonstrate she had met supervision criteria which was clearly required in order for her to become fully licensed. Administrative law – Decisions of ...
Appeal from penalty decision of Ontario College of Physiotherapists on basis registrant was denied procedural fairness. Administrative law – College of Physical Therapists – Conduct unbecoming – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Disciplinary proceedings – Judicial Review – Natural Justice – Penalties and suspensions – Permits and Licences – Physical Therapists – Procedural requirements and ...
The Petitioners, a student and a University, successfully sought judicial review of a decision made by the Respondent (Law Society of British Columbia) to refuse approval for the University’s faculty of law program. Administrative law – Admission to profession – Approval process – Barristers and solicitors – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Correctness – Decisions ...
The applicant City of Burnaby is a municipality in which the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline, travelling from Sherwood Park, Alberta, to terminals and refineries in central British Columbia, the Lower Mainland, Puget Sound, and other points, has a right of way. The respondent Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC is the proponent of the Trans Mountain Expansion ...
Making copies of a copyright-protected work implicates the reproduction right, a right that rests exclusively with the copyright holder for the musical work and requires broadcasters to secure a licence to communicate the work. Administrative law – Broadcast-incidental copying – Copyright – Copyright Board – Correctness – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Intellectual property – ...
The Applicant, Constable A., was unsuccessful in seeking judicial review of the Respondent Law Enforcement Police Board’s decision regarding her dismissal. Administrative law – Appeal Process – Compliance with legislation – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Judicial Review – Jurisdiction – Penalties and suspensions – Police – Police Review Board – Professional governance and discipline ...
The Applicant accountant, Mr. Round, was unsuccessful in his application for judicial review relating to the decision made by his governing body (the Respondent, the Institute of Chartered Accountants). The Respondent had decided to initiate formal professional misconduct proceedings against him relating to his failure to cooperate with its investigation. Administrative law – Accountants – ...
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. ...
