Administrative Law Matters

Commentary on developments in administrative law, particularly judicial review of administrative action by common law courts.

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A New Blog on Administrative Justice

I previously mentioned Unjust by Design, an excellent book on administrative justice by Ron Ellis. The book was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Donner Prize. Ron now has a website and blog, Administrative Justice Reform, on which he discusses various aspects of administrative justice. His recent series of posts on the restructuring of federal tribunals […] Read more

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Judicial Review of Administrative Action is Always Interesting: Kennedy v. The Charity Commissioner 2014 UKSC 20

Towards the beginning of his classic essay “The Core of the Case against Judicial Review“, Jeremy Waldron notes that his argument is not directed against review of executive action, that is, most of what we conventionally call administrative law. The exclusion has always struck me as strange. Waldron’s argument is that courts are ill-suited relative […] Read more

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Opening Closed Doors: Fédération autonome de l’enseignement c. Commission scolaire de Laval, 2014 QCCA 591

A background check on a teacher reveals criminal history. He is fired by the elected members of the local school board after a meeting held behind closed doors. He contests the decision and seeks to question three of the commissioners before an arbitrator. They refuse, citing privilege. Unsuccessfully, as it turns out: Fédération autonome de […] Read more