An application for judicial review of the Barristers’ Society’s decisions to (1) conditionally approve law school graduates from Trinity Western University (TWU) for articles, so long as TWU changed its Covenant or exempted law students from it, and (2) deny graduates articles in Nova Scotia if their law degrees came from a university that discriminated ...
The vice president of student affairs at the University of Victoria suspended a pro-life student group’s space booking privileges for a year after they violated his instruction not to proceed with a demonstration on campus. The group petitioned for a declaration that the decision was in violation of section 2 of the Charter. The Chambers ...
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 Appellant veterinary student (Mr. Hebron) was unsuccessful in appealing a Chambers Judge’s decision. On application by the Respondent University of Saskatchewan and the Associate Dean (Dr. Grahn), the Chambers Judge had quashed Mr. Hebron’s complaint to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. Administrative law – Correctness – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Disability – Discrimination ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – University Committees – Universities – Fairness – Students – Judicial review – Abuse of process – Jurisdiction of court Tapics v. Dalhousie University, [2015] N.S.J. No. 30, 2015 NSCA 72, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, July 22, 2015, J.E. Fichaud, P. Bryson and J.E. Scanlan JJ.A. In ...
After the Law Society Benchers denied Trinity Western University’s (‘TWU’) application for the accreditation of its proposed law school, TWU applied for judicial review, arguing in part that the Law Society should only have considered whether the school could produce competent lawyers, and not broader public interest factors, when making the decision. The court held ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Privacy commissioner – Universities – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure of records – Public body – Solicitor-client privilege – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness University of Calgary v. J.R., [2015] A.J. No. 348, ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Commission – Human Rights complaints – Duty to accommodate – Universities – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter University of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, [2014] S.J. No. 467, 2014 SKQB 248, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – University Appeal Board – Nurses – Professional governance and discipline – Training requirements – Attempt – definition – Universities – Students – Evaluation – Judicial review – Applications Chen v. University of Saskatchewan, [2013] S.J. No. 655, 2013 SKQB 367, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, October 8, ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Human Rights Commission – Human Rights – Discrimination – Harassment – Investigations – Labour relations – Universities – Judicial review application – Premature – Estoppel and res judicata – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter University of Saskatchewan v. Peng, [2013] S.J. No. 327, 2013 SKQB 188, ...
