Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers compensation – Worker, definition – In and out of the course of employment – Judicial review – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Northern Thunderbird Air Inc. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), [2016] B.C.J. No. 1399, 2016 BCSC 1216, British ...
The Workers’ Compensation Board (the “Board”) appealed a decision of a chambers judge to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, as the chambers judge had quashed the Board’s decision to deny benefits and ordered a new medical review panel (“MRP”) in favour of a worker who sought compensation for a workplace accident. The appeal was ultimately ...
Application for judicial review of the decision of Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) on the basis WCAT made patently unreasonable findings of fact. Administrative law – Benefits – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Evidence – Expert Evidence – Judicial Review – Workers Compensation – Workers Compensation Boards Stovicek v. Providence Health Care Society, [2016] B.C.J. No. ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers compensation – Employer – definition – Employer’s duty to report accident – Third parties – Judicial review – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter – Compliance with legislation British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority v. Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, [2014] ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Policies – Workers compensation – Occupational disease — Benefits – Statutory provisions – Judicial review – Evidence – Compliance with legislation Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. v. Anderson, [2014] N.S.J. No. 286, 2014 NSCA 59, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, June 10, 2014, M. ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers compensation – Benefits – Temporary total disability – Judicial review – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter – Delay Patrus v. Alberta (Workers’ Compensation Board), [2014] A.J. No. 315, 2014 ABCA 117, Alberta Court of Appeal, April 1, 2014, P.W.L. Martin and ...
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. ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers Compensation – Benefits – Judicial review – Courts – Evidence – Issues not raised by parties Vandale v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), [2013] B.C.J. No. 1968, 2013 BCCA 391, British Columbia Court of Appeal, September 9, 2013, S.D. Frankel, N.J. ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Workers Compensation Boards – Workers Compensation – Benefits – Statutory provisions – Suspension of benefits – Judicial review – Evidence – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Williams v. New Brunswick (Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission), [2013] N.B.J. No. 133, 2013 NBCA 32, New Brunswick Court ...
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – School boards – Disclosure of record – Workers compensation – Benefits – Subrogated actions – Freedom of information and protection of privacy – Disclosure of records – Judicial review – Disclosure of records – Compliance with legislation – Applications – Premature Lambton Kent District School Board v. ...
