Here is my blog post on the doctrinal law relating to tribunal competence and expertise for the Tribunal Watch Ontario/Windsor Law webinar on independence and impartiality. Here is what Tribunal Watch Ontario’s Statement of Principles says Adjudicators must be optimally competent and the tribunal equally competent in the exercise of its mandate. Adjudicators must have […] Read more

This afternoon I completed the Index for Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World, forthcoming later this year with Oxford University Press. I sent the proofs to the publishers last week, so the book should meet the target release date of August 2021. You can pre-order the hardcover version here. Here is the brief summary of […] Read more

The second webinar on Tribunal Independence hosted by Tribunal Watch Ontario and Windsor Law will take place next Tuesday. You can read the blog posts from webinar participants here. Register for the event here.  (Law Society of Ontario members will note with interest that there is 1 hour of professionalism credit for this free event.) Read more

Imagine you sign up to be a member of an organization. When making your decision to join, you look carefully at the constitution of the organization, a detailed document setting out the governance of the organization and the rights and obligations of members — it even has “CONSTITUTION” emblazoned on the top. Then imagine that […] Read more

In response to the report of the Independent Review of Administrative Law, the UK government launched a consultation period on several targeted reforms to judicial review. One of these relates to so-called ‘Cart’ judicial reviews, continuing the tortuous tale of the relationship between the UK’s tribunal structure and its superior courts. Another relates to clarifying the law of remedies, the topic of […] Read more

The Administrative Review Council (ARC) was a vital part of the Kerr Committee’s recommendations for increased oversight of executive decisions that impact individuals. The Kerr Committee recorded that ‘fundamental to our system for the introduction of a proper system of administrative review, both on the law and on the merits, is a continuously operating Council…’. […] Read more

I am currently knee-deep in exam scripts, having taught Administrative Law twice in the Winter Term (once in English, once in French). I thought readers might be interested in taking a look at the final exam I set (70%, with a mid-term accounting for the other 30%). A is an inmate in a federal penitentiary. […] Read more

An invaluable free resource on Canadian administrative law has just been updated (as it is every six months or so), Stratas JA’s “The Canadian Law of Judicial Review: Some Doctrine and Cases“: It is hard to find a useful, up-to-date summary of the Canadian law of judicial review. This summary attempts in a scholarly way […] Read more

Windsor Law, in association with Tribunal Watch Ontario, is holding two free webinars on tribunal independence. Tribunal Independence and Impartiality kicks off tomorrow, May 25, with another event on June 1. The webinar speakers have contributed short blog posts, which can be accessed here. The jumping-off point is provided by Tribunal Watch’s The Adjudicative Tribunal System: Statement of Principles […] Read more

In my previous post on References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11, I discussed Côté J’s partial dissent on the constitutionality of Henry VIII clauses. There I noted that the argument about the constitutionality of Henry VIII clauses turns in part on the existence of robust judicial oversight. The topic of this […] Read more