Articles 2023

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Administrative and Regulatory Case Review

  • 20 novembre 2017
  • Stockwoods LLP

Summaries of recent decisions discussed in the Stockwoods LLP Administrative & Regulatory Law Case Review newsletter.

Droit administratif, Student Forum

Paul Daly on getting lost in description

  • 04 juillet 2017

In the latest volume of the Canadian Bar Review, which examines the legacy of the former Supreme Court Justice Louis LeBel, Paul Daly explores the limits of language in administrative law, and LeBel’s role in clarifying our understanding of judicial review. CBA National sat down with the senior lecturer in public law at the University of Cambridge to ask him about why descriptive language in law can be more of burden than help.

Droit administratif, Student Forum

Executive Orders in Canada

  • 09 mai 2017
  • William Lee

In recent months, President Trump and his administration have issued a number of executive orders relating to immigration and travel bans in the United States. Since their issuance, these executive orders have received varying responses from many communities in the United States, including the judiciary. In light of the attention given to President Trump’s use of executive orders in the United States, this article seeks to provide a brief discussion of how executive orders are used in Canada.

Droit administratif, Student Forum

Keeping up Appearances: Parties, Interveners and Experts in Administrative Proceedings

  • 24 février 2017
  • Robin Bates

On February 9, 2017, a group of administrative lawyers and attendees gathered for a sold out half-day program about public interest interveners, tribunal standing, and experts in administrative proceedings. The program was part of the Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2017 and was chaired by Diane Janisse, of the Legal Aid Ontario Clinic Resource Office, and Christopher Wirth, of Keel Cottrelle LLP.

Droit administratif, Student Forum

Edmonton East: Revisiting the Presumption of Tribunal Expertise

  • 31 janvier 2017
  • Heather MacIvor

This is one of two companion pieces on the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Edmonton (City) v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd. authored exclusively for the OBA. This article focuses on the Supreme Court's treatment of the presumption of expertise afforded to tribunals.

Droit administratif, Student Forum

Edmonton East: A Statutory Right of Appeal Does Not Create a New Category of Correctness

  • 31 janvier 2017
  • Jon Wypych and Adam D.H. Chisholm

This is one of two companion pieces on the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Edmonton (City) v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd. authored exclusively for the OBA's Administrative Law Section. This article concerns the role of statutory provisions permitting a right of appeal in determining the standard of review.

Droit administratif, Student Forum