My calendar is starting to fill up with Vavilov-related events. Here’s a list of those accessible to the public (typically for a fee). I’ll add further links (and further events) as I have them: February 6 Canadian Bar Association, Webinar (with Professor Jamie Liew and Justice David Stratas) February 19 and 20 Canadian Institute for […] Read more
I have posted “The Vavilov Framework and the Future of Canadian Administrative Law” to SSRN: This paper is the first comprehensive analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Vavilov v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 SCC 65. Here, the Supreme Court rewrote its administrative law jurisprudence, aiming to bring clarity and coherence to […] Read more
This is the fourth and final post in a series: see the previous posts here, here and here. Having explained in the previous section how front-line administrative officials should not exercise the discretion and judgement they inevitably exercise, I turn in this section to how they should do so. My answer has two prongs. First, […] Read more
Readers who enjoyed my posts on the framework for judicial review of administrative action set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 will also enjoy Justice David Stratas’s updated paper, “The Canadian Law of Judicial Review: Some Doctrine and Cases“, which now takes […] Read more
The fifth edition of Administrative Law in Ireland (Round Hall, Dublin, 2019) rolled off the printing presses and into mailbags just before the holidays. Here is the publisher’s blurb: For over 30 years, Hogan and Morgan has been the leading work on administrative law and judicial review in Ireland.This new edition of Administrative Law in […] Read more