by David Phillip Jones, K.C.
In addition to the cases noted in my annual paper, the following very recent decisions also deserve comment: 1. Garneau Community League v. Edmonton (City)—Capilano (Round Two) 2. Barreau du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General) Download the...
by David Phillip Jones, K.C.
In addition to the cases noted in Part I of my annual paper, the following very recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada also deserves comment. Edmonton (City) v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Limited 2016 SCC 47 On 4 November 2016, a sharply divided...
by David Phillip Jones, K.C.
The most interesting administrative law decisions of the past year once again highlight the increasingly complex standards of review analysis and the disagreement amongst the judiciary about which standards apply and how to apply them. Other important decisions...
by David Phillip Jones, K.C.
Although there haven’t been any seismic shifts in administrative law this past year, there have been quite a few decisions which are worthy of note. Many of these decisions continue to work out how to determine—and apply—the applicable standard of review....
by David Phillip Jones, K.C.
Mr. Justice Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal recently described administrative law asa machine that… has many moving parts, the interrelationship of which often is not understood…. And the role of courts in administrative law as… mediat[ing] the clashes by...
