Court refuses application for review on reasonableness standard as applicant had not exhausted right of appeal under relevant legislation

21. September 2021 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Workers Compensation Boards – Judicial review applications – Appeals – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Compliance with legislation – Discretion of delegated authority – Workers compensation – Benefits Smith v. Manitoba (Appeal Commission), [2021] M.J. No. 211, 2021 MBQB 149, Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, June 25, 2021, ...

If an appellant files an application for leave to appeal within the prescribed timelines and leave is not required, the merits of the claim must not affect the judge’s decision to convert the notice of application for leave to appeal to a notice of appeal

21. May 2019 0
Administrative law – Judicial review – Appeals – Discretion of delegated authority Gonzalez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2019] B.C.J. No. 339, 2019 BCCA 88, British Columbia Court of Appeal, March 8, 2019, Sanders, Bennett and Willcock JJ.A. The appellant Gonzalez filed an application for review of a Court of Appeal chambers order. In 2014, ...

The Appellant, Mr. Lam, successfully appealed a summary judgment decision made by a motion judge. The motion judge had dismissed his action for damages against the Respondent, University of Western Ontario Board of Governors.

16. April 2019 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – University Appeal Board – Discretion of delegated authority – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Correctness – Universities – Damages Lam v. University of Western Ontario Board of Governors, [2019] O.J. No. 611, 2019 ONCA 82, Ontario Court of Appeal, February 6, 2019, G.R. Strathy C.J.O., P.D. Lauwers and ...

Appellant’s appeal of a decision of the Federal Court, in which it dismissed the appellants’ application for judicial review of three decisions from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office relating to an application for a patent, dismissed

17. April 2018 0
Administrative law – Appeals – Decisions reviewed – Intellectual Property Office – Intellectual property – Patents – Judicial review – Discretion of delegated authority Governors of the University of Alberta v. Canada (Attorney General), [2018] F.C.J. No. 160, 2018 FCA 36, Federal Court of Appeal, February 9, 2018, W.W. Webb, D.G. Near and J.B. Laskin ...

Repligen Corporation (“Repligen”) succeeded on judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Intellectual Property office’s patent commissioner (“the Commissioner”) denying Repligen’s request to correct a clerical error where maintenance fees were credited to the wrong patent and Repligen’s patent lapsed as a result

29. March 2011 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Intellectual Property Office – Clerical errors – Intellectual property – Patents – Maintenance fees – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Privative clauses – Discretion of delegated authority – Discretion of court – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter Repligen Corp. v. Canada (Attorney ...

The Applicant, Ms. Fawcett, unsuccessfully brought an application for judicial review of a decision made by the Respondent, Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board, which refused to permit her to write an examination on June 12, 2010 as she did not apply for the exam or pay the required fee by the applicable deadline

26. October 2010 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board – Chiropractors – Training requirements – Permits and licences – Examinations – Fees – Judicial review – Public body – definition – Discretion of delegated authority – Evidence – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Fawcett v. Canadian ...

City Council of Brampton was entitled to delegate to its Licensing Committee the power to make recommendations respecting a determination as to whether a “body rub parlour license” should be issued to the applicant. In making the recommendation, the Licensing Committee was required to hold a hearing. However, the City Council was entitled to accept such a recommendation without holding a further hearing in accordance with the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22.

23. December 2008 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Municipal councils – Rules and by-laws – Municipalities – Permits and licences – Planning and zoning – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Versions of legislation – Validity – Procedural requirements and fairness – Discretion of delegated authority 1673233 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. Eurohaven ...

The Court dismissed an appeal and petition filed in the Court in response to administrative action taken by the Respondent Commission on the basis that the appeal and petition were both premature. The Petitioner had failed to bring the proper administrative appeal as required by the legislation.

26. February 2008 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Financial Services Commission – Judicial review – Discretion of delegated authority – Statutory powers – Compliance with legislation – Procedural requirements and fairness North York Community Credit Union v. British Columbia (Financial Institutions Commission), [2007] B.C.J. No. 2715, British Columbia Supreme Court, December 20, 2007, I.H. Pitfield ...

The Court dismissed this application by a journalist and his employer, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, for judicial review of a decision of the Respondent’s Board of Inquiry which had denied the Applicants access to the Board’s hearings into the fires aboard the HMCS Chicoutimi

24. May 2005 0
Administrative law – National defence – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Media access to hearings – Judicial review – Quasi-judicial tribunals – In camera hearings – Procedural requirements and fairness – Discretion of delegated authority – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter Gordon v. Canada (Minister of National Defence), [2005] ...