A 54 year old man applied for judicial review of a decision of the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal, which had upheld the decision of the Minister of Social Development denying him a ‘persons with disabilities’ designation. His petition was dismissed.

23. October 2012 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal – Persons with disabilities – Severe – definition – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Failure to provide reasons – Evidence – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Garbutt v. British Columbia (Minister of Social Development), [2012] B.C.J. No. 1805, 2012 ...

A woman (“Hudson”) who was denied a person with disabilities (“PWD”) designation within the meaning of section 2 of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 41 (the “Act”) by the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal, succeeded in having that determination set aside and the matter remitted back to a newly constituted Panel

24. November 2009 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal – Employment law – Benefits – Judicial review – Failure to provide reasons – Evidence – Procedural requirements and fairness – Privative clauses – Standard of review – Correctness – Patent unreasonableness Hudson v. British Columbia (Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal), [2009] ...