The unusual background to Crowder v. British Columbia (Attorney General)[1] related to a change to the province’s Supreme Court Rules[2]designed to reduce the cost of litigation in road traffic accident cases by limiting to three the number of expert reports which could be tendered in evidence and be the subject of disbursements. Under s. 1 […] Read more

The constitutional status of tribunal independence was squarely in issue in Walter v. British Columbia.[1] Controversy arose about the remuneration of the Chairperson of the British Columbia Review Board. Each Canadian province has a Review Board to make or review dispositions in respect of accused persons found Not Criminally Responsible by reason of Mental Disorder, […] Read more

There are many available definitions of administrative justice, a term which “has, until recently, been shrouded in obscurity”[1] and provoked “considerable disagreement”.[2] On the one hand, the term can be used to denote “the justice inherent in decision making”,[3] or “those qualities of decision making process that provide arguments for the acceptability of its decisions”.[4] […] Read more

Every year from 2020 I will be organizing an Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium (funded by the University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance) at the University of Ottawa. Students can take the Colloquium for credit (more details below). Here is the schedule for 2020: Dr Dean Knight, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, […] Read more