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Exam Time

I have been busily marking exam scripts for the last couple of weeks, which in part explains the recent slowdown in blogging activity. I thought it would be fun to post my administrative law exam. It’s in French, followed — just for fun — by a Google Translate version: Lors du printemps 2015, les activités […] Read more

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Excluding Procedural Fairness: CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 1

Modern examples of successful exclusion of the rules of procedural fairness are relatively rare. An interesting recent example is  CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, [2015] HCA 1, a typically lengthy and thorough decision of the High Court of Australia. There are very useful summaries available on the University of Melbourne’s Opinions on […] Read more

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Why Would Jurisdiction Be Concurrent? Another Thought on Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City), 2015 SCC 16

David Mullan’s comment on yesterday’s post prompts me to give (virtual) voice to a thought about the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City), 2015 SCC 16. Gascon J. reviewed the question of the scope of the state’s duty of religious neutrality on a standard of correctness — allowing him […] Read more