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- 400 Police Calls and a Failed Judicial Review: Lessons from a Nuisance Property Case
The BC Supreme Court dismissed a petition for judicial review of a Residential Tenancy Branch decision upholding an eviction from a Kamloops “nuisance property” with a lengthy history of police involvement, bylaw violations, and garbage-removal issues. The Court held that the operative decision unde … Read more »
- Adjudicator can reconsider own decision in administrative law context
Adjudicator can reconsider own decision in administrative law context. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – License Appeal Tribunal – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Natural justice – Evidence – Standard of review – Correctness Huynh v. Security National Insurance Co., … Read more »
- Nailing Down Costs: Court Upholds General Rule and Dismisses Home Hardware’s Request for Costs Against a Tribunal
Ontario court reinforces the general rule that costs do not “follow the event” in judicial review proceedings against administrative tribunals. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Conservation Authority – Procedural requirements and fairness – Costs. Jos. Rashotte Co. v. Quinte Conservation Au … Read more »
- Failure to appropriately investigate a complaint at the screening stage leads to finding that CHRC investigation was procedurally unfair
The Canadian Human Rights Commission was held to be in breach of its procedural fairness obligations to the complainant, as it failed to appropriately investigate the complaint at the screening stage. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Commission – Investigations – Discrimination … Read more »
- Court does not disturb Okanagan College’s decision regarding a student’s academic misconduct
An external investigator’s findings of five incidents of academic misconduct led to a student being suspended for one year. In refusing to quash the suspension decision, the Court held that, where the essential character of the dispute is of an academic nature, the dispute remains exclusively to be … Read more »