You can now register for this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Executive Power”. Registration is open and you can also simply join any or all of the webinars by clicking the links below or in the attached PDF. Here is a description of this year’s series: Executive power has been the site of […] Read more
The advantages and disadvantages of virtual hearings have been discussed by courts and tribunals in Canada since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As mobility and in-person gatherings were restricted during the pandemic, courts and tribunals held many hearings virtually. In brief, virtual hearings have advantages in terms of access to justice, efficiency and transparency; […] Read more
I am very glad that I did not have to decide the tricky administrative law issues presented by York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22. This is an important decision about the application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to public school boards and standard of review […] Read more
I am pleased to be participating in a webinar organized by the University of Essex next week. Joe Tomlinson and I will be presenting our edited collection on methodology in public law whilst Dimitrios Kyritsis and Stuart Lakin will be presenting theirs on constitutional theory. Here is the event description: In the field of public […] Read more
For context, see my introductory post. In this, the final post in the series, I address the possibility of a rapprochement between Canada’s common law and civil law approaches and suggest that the Vavilov decision can be seen as a ‘mini-Code’ of administrative law. Bien que la différence entre les approches des civilistes et les […] Read more
