Appeal from decision of chambers judge upholding decision striking claim on jurisdictional basis

28. April 2015 0
Administrative law – Employment law – Termination of employment – Constructive dismissal – Administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Jurisdiction – Appeal – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation Ashraf v. SNC Lavalin ATP Inc., [2015] A.J. No. 216, 2015 ABCA 78, Alberta Court of Appeal, February 27, 2015, P.W.L. Martin, R.S. Brown JJ.A. and ...

Appeal by the Appellant National Money Mart Co. from a decision dismissing its motion for a stay of a proposed class action because the class of proposed borrowers had all signed agreements requiring them to mediate and/or arbitrate their disputes with the Appellant

22. July 2014 0
Administrative law – Criminal matters – Consumer protection – Class proceedings application – Arbitration agreements – Judicial review – Stay of proceedings – Jurisdiction of court – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation Briones v. National Money Mart Co., [2014] M.J. No. 154, 2014 MBCA 57, Manitoba Court of Appeal, June 5, 2014, M.A. Monnin, ...

Appeal by recipient of disability support payments from a decision quashing an order of the Ontario Social Benefits Tribunal forgiving recovery of one-half of overpayment

27. May 2014 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Disability Support Program – Overpayment – Discretion of tribunal – Jurisdiction – Regulatory powers of tribunal – Government – Funding of programs – Social assistance – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program) v. Surdivall, [2014] O.J. No. 1505, 2014 ...

On judicial review, the court quashed a decision of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division on the basis that the Review Division unreasonably applied a cap to the applicant’s pension replacement benefit

25. March 2014 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers Compensation – Benefits – Loss of earnings – Pensions – Calculations – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Allen v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division), [2014] N.J. ...

The Applicant worker, Mr. Griffin, sought judicial review of the Respondents’ decisions about his entitlement to survivor benefits pursuant to the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act. The application for judicial review was dismissed.

26. November 2013 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Benefits – Survivor benefits – Entitlement – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter Griffin v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division), [2013] N.J. No. 337, 2013 NLTD(G) ...

The appellants successfully appealed an arbitrator’s decision on the basis that the arbitrator erred by failing to give effect to the ordinary and plain meaning of a statutory provision regarding employment benefits

28. May 2013 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Labour and employment boards – Arbitration Board – Labour law – Collective agreements – Benefits – Judicial review – Appeals – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness British Columbia Teachers’ Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers’ Assn., [2013] B.C.J. No. 767, ...

The applicant successfully sought leave to appeal an order of a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissing its appeal from an order of the Forest Appeals Commission

28. May 2013 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Forest Appeals Commission – Natural resources – Forestry – Stumpage fees – Judicial review – Appeals – Leave to appeal – Test – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation British Columbia v. Canadian National Railway, [2013] B.C.J. No. 802, 2013 BCCA 185, British Columbia Court of Appeal, ...

A partner in a limited liability partnership is not an employee of the partnership for the purpose of claiming protection of human rights legislation from age discrimination. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and the Supreme Court, on judicial review, decided that for the purposes of human rights legislation, a partnership may be treated as a separate legal entity from its partners and as the employer of the partner, resulting the Tribunal having jurisdiction to hear a complaint by a partner of discrimination in his employment. On appeal by the partnership, the Court of Appeal found that the principles of interpretation of the Human Rights Code, RSBC 1996, c.210, which mandated a broad, liberal approach consistent with its remedial purposes, do not extend to overriding the fundamental and well-established principle of law that a partnership, is not, in law, a separate entity but a collective of its partners. As such, it cannot in law be an employer of a partner. The Tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear the complaint and the appeal was allowed.

25. September 2012 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Tribunal – Human rights complaints – Discrimination – Age – Statutory interpretation – Employment law – Employee – definition – Partnerships – Mandatory retirement – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Compliance with legislation Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal), [2012] B.C.J. ...

The Federal Court of Appeal held that there was nothing in the Canadian Wheat Board Act (“CWBA”) which suggested that the federal government fettered the authority of the Minister of Agriculture to introduce and recommend legislation to repeal the substantive provisions of the CWBA or the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act itself

28. August 2012 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial – Canadian Wheat Board – Natural resources – Agriculture – Government – Legislation – Judicial review –  Compliance with legislation –  Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness – Remedies – Declaratory relief  Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board v. Canada (Attorney General), [2012] F.C.J. ...

The Registrar of Motor Vehicles’ interpretation of its enabling statute was not entitled to deference and is reviewable on a standard of correctness. Where there is an apparent discrepancy between a statutory provision and a regulation as to which vehicles qualify as “special mobile equipment”, the statutory definition must prevail. When there is an ambiguity in the interpretation of a statutory provision, there is a residual presumption in favour of taxpayers.

25. October 2011 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Registrar of Motor Vehicles – Permits and licences – Motor vehicles – Special mobile equipment – definition – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness Carter Brothers Ltd. v. New Brunswick (Registrar of Motor Vehicles), [2011] N.B.J. No. 304, ...