I am a little late to Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2015 ONSC 4250, the second in what is likely to become a lengthy string of judicial decisions on whether TWU’s law school should be accredited by Canada’s law societies. The first decision, favourable to TWU, came from Nova Scotia […] Read more

A long-standing issue in administrative law is the extent to which decision-makers can take “judicial notice” of information about the world. Decision-makers are selected typically on the basis of their expertise. But this expertise is liable to be wide-ranging. Sometimes, they will drawn on their background knowledge to support a decision. In such circumstances, however, […] Read more