This morning, the Leaders’ Debates Commission (a body created by an Order in Council to organize leadership debates in advance of federal elections) rescinded its invitation to the Green Party to part...

In previous posts, I mused about the possibility of a challenge to Prime Minister Trudeau’s advice to the Governor General to prorogue Parliament from January 6 to March 24 of this year. There is now ...

In previous posts, I mused about the possibility of a challenge to Prime Minister Trudeau’s advice to the Governor General to prorogue Parliament from January 6 to March 24 of this year. There is now ...

The classic formulation of the non-fettering principle comes from the famous British Oxygen Co case. In the words of Lord Reid, there is a “general rule” that “anyone who has to exercise a statutor…

The theme for next year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium is “Justifying Judicial Review”: Western constitutional democracies live in turbulent times, buffeted by populism, technological de...

Join us at the Administrative Law Colloquium 2025 for engaging discussions and insights on current legal issues!

The theme for next year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium is “Justifying Judicial Review”: Western constitutional democracies live in turbulent times, buffeted by populism, technological de...

Join us at the Administrative Law Colloquium 2025 for engaging discussions and insights on current legal issues!

TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is providing lawyers on an urgent basis to two Canadians, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, seeking a Federal Court declaration that Prime Mini...

TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is providing lawyers on an urgent basis to two Canadians, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, seeking a Federal Court declaration that Prime Mini...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resigning as leader of the Liberal Party and has requested and been granted a prorogation of Parliament until March 24th.

Does the law limit the Prime Minister’s power to prorogue Parliament? Would the courts say so?

There is an end-of-days feeling around Ottawa at the moment. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, it seems, is not long for this (political world). He leads a minority administration and, though he has gove...

The law matters. This is a fact of our lives and our society that lawyers have always implicitly understood, dating back to our first weeks in law school. When our professors first taught us to “think like a lawyer,” they weren’t just training us to see…

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 SCR 653. 2019 is really a wor...

The Federal Court of Appeal recently released an interesting decision at the intersection of constitutional and administrative law in Galderma Canada Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 208 (I...

Access all information related to judgment Galderma Canada Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 208 (CanLII) on CanLII.

<p>In this paper, I will examine the implications of artificial intelligence for administrative tribunals. I will briefly set the scene in Part I by descri

<p>In this paper, I will examine the implications of artificial intelligence for administrative tribunals. I will briefly set the scene in Part I by descri

Canada Post is one of many crown corporations that struggle financially and compete with private companies. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to University of Ottawa professor Paul Daly about how the business model might make it susceptible to challenges.

The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Auer case (noted here) confirmed that the standard of review applicable to regulations is reasonableness: the judicial review analysis must be conducted u...

To open, a plug for the excellent new “Administrative Court Blog“, run by Anurag Deb, Lewis Graham and Gabriel Tan: this highlights important decisions from the UK on administrative law matters. I hav...

The Supreme Court of Canada handed down its much-anticipated decision on standard of review of regulations in Auer v. Auer, 2024 SCC 36 this morning. I was co-counsel for the appellant, Roland Auer. A...

Supreme Court of Canada clarifies review standard of challenges to government regulations, upholds most principles in Katz