The Petitioners sought judicial review of a decision made by the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunal (the “WCAT”). In the context of that hearing, the Petitioners objected to the submissions entered by the WCAT. The Court upheld the WCAT’s standing to appear and make the submissions it made in the context of the Petition.

28. April 2009 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Practice and procedure – Judicial review application – Standing in judicial review – Workers Compensation – Worker – definition Buttar v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), [2009] B.C.J. No. 548, British Columbia Supreme Court, January 13, 2009, K.M. Ker J. The Petitioner, ...

The Court dismissed a petition for judicial review of a decision of the Investigation Committee of the Respondent Association. The Petitioner had complained about a fellow member of the Respondent Association and the Investigation Committee decided not to refer the complaint to the Discipline Committee of the Respondent Association. The Petitioner lacked standing to bring a petition for judicial review of this decision of the Investigation Committee.

28. October 2008 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Association of Professional Engineers – Disciplinary proceedings – Investigations – Judicial review application – Parties – Standing in judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness Emerman v. Assn. of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, [2008] B.C.J. No. 1663, British Columbia Supreme Court, September 2, 2008, ...

During a judicial review of its own decision, the Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (the “Commissioner”) was not permitted to argue the merits of its decision; however, it could explain the record and demonstrate that its decision was not patently unreasonable

27. December 2005 0
Administrative law – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Privacy Commissioner – Standing in judicial review – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Procedural requirements and fairness British Columbia Teachers’ Federation v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2005] B.C.J. No. 2394, British Columbia Supreme Court, November 3, 2005, ...

A freedom of information request led to a consideration of how the scope of standing of a tribunal in a judicial review of its own decision should be determined

28. June 2005 0
Administrative law – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure – Standing in judicial review – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Hearings – Parties – Judicial review – Jurisdiction of tribunal Ontario (Children’s Lawyer) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2005] O.J. No. 1426, Ontario Court of Appeal, April 18, 2005, R.R. McMurtry C.J.O., S.T. Goudge ...

An application by the Ontario Children’s Lawyer (“CLO”), for judicial review of an Order and a reconsideration decision issued by an adjudicator of the Respondent Information and Privacy Commissioner, to the effect that the senior adjudicator, David Goodis, be precluded from participating in the judicial review of the Order and subsequent reconsideration decision issued by him regarding a request by Jane Doe, a former client of CLO, for the file created while she was a child client of CLO and where CLO acted as her litigation guardian in two motor vehicle accident cases. The motion was dismissed and the Court considered and dismissed the judicial review application itself.

25. November 2003 0
Administrative law – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure – Privacy commissioner – Standing in judicial review – Statutory interpretation – Adjudication – Crown counsel – Definition – Crown litigation privilege – Solicitor-client privilege – Judicial review – Parties – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Correctness Ontario (Children’s Lawyer) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2003] O.J. No. ...