Administrative Law Matters

Commentary on developments in administrative law, particularly judicial review of administrative action by common law courts.

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Policy Options Series on the Emergencies Act

Policy Options is running a series — Lessons from the Rouleau Commission — prompted by the report of the Rouleau Commission into the invocation of the Emergencies Act in February 2022. My contribution, entitled “Legal tussling over the Emergencies Act is far from over”, can be found here. Here are the introductory paragraphs: The honking […] Read more

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Judicial Oversight and Open Justice in Administrative Proceedings

Two pieces of proposed legislation are currently winding their way through Parliament, one about judicial discipline, one about compensation for air travel passengers. As drafted, both bills prompt serious questions about judicial oversight and open justice. Judicial Oversight Several judicial discipline cases in recent times have become bogged down in lengthy litigation, paid for out […] Read more

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Review of John Mark Keyes, Executive Legislation

This short review will appear in the next issue of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law & Practice John Mark Keyes, Executive Legislation, Third Edition, LexisNexis Canada, Markham, 2021, Hardcover $235.00, 726pp ISBN: 9780433499275 Relatively authors succeed in making substantial conceptual and practical contributions to the legal literature. John Mark Keyes’s Executive Legislation, now in […] Read more

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In-Person Discussion of Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World, with Justice Alexander Pless (May 10, 5pm)

Pandemic restrictions meant that when Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World rolled off the printing presses in 2021, the launch events took place online. I’m happy to say that the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa has organized an in-person gathering for next week, in the University’s state-of-the-art Social Sciences Building […] Read more

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Subscribing to the Blog: RSS and Email

I have not been very assiduous about updating your email subscriptions and accommodating RSS feeds since Google discontinued Feedburner. I have now identified Feedpress as a suitable replacement. Those of you who are receiving an email for the first time in quite a while should feel free to hit “unsubscribe”. Clicking the RSS feed icon […] Read more