Roundtables
May 29, 2020 | National Roundtable on Administrative Law
Title: "Towards a Unified Theory of Administrative Law?"
Date: May 29, 2020
Co-Chairs: Mr. Michael Gottheil, Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, The Honourable Justice James O'Reilly
Location: Online Program
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R85 | Beyond Standard of Review | Lauren J. Wihak | 24 pages | ‐ | |
R85a | Beyond Standard of Review (PowerPoint) | Lauren J. Wihak | 14 pages | ‐ | |
R85b | The Vavilov Framework and the Future of Canadian Administrative Law | Paul Daly | 35 pages | ‐ | |
R85c | The Vavilov Framework and the Future of Canadian Administrative Law (PowerPoint) | Paul Daly | 21 pages | ‐ | |
R85d | Vavilov Hits the Road (Blog) | Paul Daly | 9 pages | ‐ | |
R85e | Time is on my side but should it be (PowerPoint) | Shannon Salter | 16 pages | ‐ | |
R85f | The Standalone Charter Challenge (PowerPoint) | Alyssa Tomkins | 15 pages | ‐ | |
R85g | Public Interest Presentation (PowerPoint) | Nicolas Lambert | 9 pages | ‐ | |
R85h | New Boundaries of Judicial Review (PowerPoint) | Lorne Sossin | 6 pages | ‐ | |
R85i | A Unified Theory of Administrative Law (Notes) | Yves-Marie Morissette | 15 pages | ‐ |
Spring/fall 2019 | Provincial Roundtables on Jury Representation
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In the spring and fall of 2019, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) will be holding provincial roundtables on the topic of systemic barriers to the representation of Indigenous peoples and racialized minorities on juries in Canada. The roundtables will take place in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada respectively.
Roundtables schedule
- April 6, 2019, Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- June 1, 2019, British Columbia (Vancouver)
- September 21, 2019, Atlantic Canada (Halifax, NS)
- November 2, 2019, Alberta (Calgary)
- Ontario
- Quebec
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R83 | Preliminary Report on Jury Representation in Canada – July 2018 (en anglais) | Nathan Afilalo | 36 pages | ‐ | |
R83b | Memo on Bill C-75 – April 2019 (en anglais) | Nathan Afilalo | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R83c | Manitoba Report: "What Is a Fair and Just Cross-Section of the Community?" (en anglais) | Nathan Afilalo | 32 pages | ‐ | |
R83d | British Columbia Report (en anglais) | Maria Aylward | 30 pages | ‐ | |
R83e | Atlantic Canada Report (en anglais) | Maria Aylward | 33 pages | ‐ | |
R83f | Alberta Report (en anglais) | Maria Aylward, Nathan Afilalo | 44 pages | ‐ |
May 25, 2019 | National Roundtable on Administrative Law
Title: "Masters in Our House: Adjudicative Sovereignty Versus Judicial Oversight"
Date: May 25, 2019
Co-Chairs: Mr. Michael Gottheil, Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, The Honourable Justice James O'Reilly
Location: Montreal, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R84 | Dancing with Myself-Critique of Canadian Judicial Council (PowerPoint) | Richard Devlin & Sheila WIldeman | 67 pages | ‐ | |
R84a | Texte-Règles de base d'un comportement éthique | Patrick De Niverville | 11 pages | ‐ | |
R84b | Présentation-Règles de base d'un comportement éthique (PowerPoint) | Patrick De Niverville | 21 pages | ‐ | |
R84c | Conseil de la justice administrative | Morton Minc | 20 pages | ‐ | |
R84d | Indigenous Self-Governance & Teaching Indigenous Law as a Mandatory Course (PowerPoint) | Karen Drake | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R84e | Akwesasne Mohawk Court (PowerPoint) | Cheryl Jacobs | 10 pages | ‐ |
2017-2019 | Provincial Roundtables on Criminal Delays
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CIAJ is holding a set of roundtables in jurisdictions across Canada, composed of judges, defence lawyers, crown lawyers, and other important players in the criminal justice system. The goal of these individual roundtables is to discuss the pressing issue of lengthy criminal delays in a given jurisdiction, particularly after the influential decision of R v Jordan. A national symposium may be held at the end of the process, to share ideas and perspectives from each roundtable, with the goal of presenting concrete recommendations in a report representing a national outlook on the issue of criminal delays in Canada.
Roundtables Schedule
- December 2, 2017, British Columbia (Vancouver)
- October 13, 2018, Alberta (Edmonton)
- December 1, 2018, Nova Scotia (Halifax)
- Ontario (date to come)
- Quebec (date to come)
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R75 | Report on BC Roundtable on Criminal Delays – December 2017 | Christine Mainville | 21 pages | ‐ | |
R75b | Report on AB Roundtable on Criminal Delays – October 2018 | Maria Aylward | 15 pages | ‐ | |
R75c | Report on NS Roundtable on Criminal Delays – December 2018 (en anglais) | Maria Aylward | 22 pages | ‐ |
June 2, 2018 | National Roundtable on Administrative Law
Title: "Pushing the Bounds of Administrative Law to Get Closer to Justice"
Date: June 2, 2018
Co-Chairs: Mr. Michael Gottheil, Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, The Honourable Justice James O'Reilly
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R76 | Le tribunal comme force exécutoire : on peut essayer, avec un peu d'aide (PowerPoint) | Dominique Benoît | 32 pages | ‐ | |
R77 | The Tribunal as Enforcer - List of Cases | Philippe Dufresne | 1 pages | ‐ | |
R82 | Mediation-Arbitration in Ontario: Labour Relations, Human Rights and Beyond | Michelle Flaherty and Leslie Reaume | 28 pages | ‐ | |
R78 | Delegation, Deference, and Difference: Searching for a principled approach to implementing and administering Aboriginal rights (PowerPoint) | Janna Promislow | 23 pages | ‐ | |
R79 | Indigenous Rights_Public Interest (PowerPoint) | Scott Robertson | 13 pages | ‐ | |
R80 | Speaking Outside Decisions The Limits of Adjudicator Free Speech (PowerPoint) | Lorne Sossin | 10 pages | ‐ | |
R81 | Aboriginal Rights in Canada-Understanding-Basic-Concepts (PowerPoint) | Simon Turmel | 21 pages | ‐ |
May 27, 2017 | National Roundtable on Administrative Law
Title: "These are the Principles, If You Don't Like Them, We've Got Others"
Date: May 27, 2017
Co-Chairs: Mr. Michael Gottheil, Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, The Honourable Justice James O'Reilly
Location: Vancouver, BC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R74 | Quantifying Dunsmuir: An Empirical Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's Jurisprudence on Standard of Review | Robert Danay | pages | ‐ | |
R73 | Quantifying Dunsmuir: An Empirical Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence on Standard of Review (PowerPoint) | Robert Danay | 24 pages | ‐ | |
R72 | Procedural Fairness & Right To Be Heard - Recent Practical Cases | Simon Turmel | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R71 | Procedural Fairness & Right to Be Heard - Recent Practical Cases (PowerPoint) | Simon Turmel | 19 pages | ‐ | |
R70 | Evidentiary Rules in a Post-Dunsmuir World: Modernizing the Scope of Admissible Evidence on Judicial Review | Lauren Wihak, Benjamin Oliphant | pages | ‐ | |
R69 | PLUS CA CHANGE…The Record on Judicial Review (PowerPoint) | Lauren Wihak, Benjamin Oliphant | 49 pages | ‐ | |
R68 | Expert? Says Who? Getting Past the Authority Wars and Getting (to) Reasonableness (PowerPoint) | Sheila Wildeman | 59 pages | ‐ |
May 27, 2016 | Chasing the Reasonableness Rainbow: The Translucence of Judicial Review
Title: Chasing the Reasonableness Rainbow: The Translucence of Judicial Review
Date: May 27, 2016
Co-Chairs: Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, Mr. Michael Gottheil, The Honourable Justice Georgina Jackson
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R65 | The Content and Parameters of Reasonableness Review (or: How Much Reasonableness Can We Reasonably Bear?) (PowerPoint) | Sheila Wildeman | 33 pages | ‐ | |
R64 | Charter Values in Statutory Interpretation and in the Exercise of Discretion (PowerPoint) | Harvey M. Groberman | 17 pages | ‐ | |
R63 | How Does a Tribunal Write a Reasonable Decision? On Aspect: Collecting the "Relevant Evidence" in Regulatory Proceedings (PowerPoint) | Simon Turmel | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R62 | How Does a Tribunal Write a Reasonable Decision? (PowerPoint) | Julie Baril | 9 pages | ‐ | |
R61 | Identifying the Review Standard for Administrative Decisions "Deference in a Nutshell: Sort Of!" | Joseph T. Robertson | 34 pages | ‐ | |
R60 | Stand Up or Sit Down? OEB and the Tribunal's Role Before a Reviewing Court (PowerPoint) | Margaret Leighton | 25 pages | ‐ |
March 10, 2016 | A Vexing Issue: National Roundtable on the Vexatious Litigant
Title: A Vexing Issue: National Roundtable on the Vexatious Litigant
Date: March 10, 2016
Co-Chairs: David A. Wright, Margaret Leighton
Location: Toronto, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R52 | Vexatious Litigants: A View From the Profession (PowerPoint) | Freya Kristjanson, Tom Schreiter | 35 pages | ‐ | |
R51 | The Vexatious Litigant: A Tribunal Perspective (PowerPoint) | David Muir | 20 pages | ‐ | |
R50 | The Unreasonable, Querulant and Vexatious as Self Represented Litigants (PowerPoint) | Grant Lester | 14 pages | ‐ |
March 17-18, 2016 | Roundtable on Sentencing
Title: Roundtable on Sentencing
Date: March 17-18, 2016
Co-Chairs: The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Bennett, The Honourable Judge Patrick Healy
Location: Montreal, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R56 | Victim impact statements at sentencing: Towards a clearer understanding of their aims, University of Toronto Law Journal, Volume 65, Number 2, Spring 2015, pp. 85-123 (Article), Published by University of Toronto Press. | Marie Manikis | 39 pages | ‐ | |
R55 | Constitutional Challenges to Mandatory Minimum Sentences after Nur and Anderson | Michael Code | 7 pages | ‐ | |
R54 | The Myth of the Double-Edged Sword: An Empirical Study of Neuroscience Evidence in Criminal Cases, Boston College Law Review, Volume 56, Issue 2 | Deborah Denno | 61 pages | ‐ | |
R53 | Sentencing and Neuroscience (PowerPoint) | Deborah Denno | 39 pages | ‐ |
September 2015 | Complex Criminal Trials
Title: CIAJ's Complex Criminal Trials Roundtable
Date: September, 2015
Location: Vancouver, BC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R67 | Recommendations from BC Roundable on Complex Criminal Trials - September 2015 | 9 pages | ‐ |
May 30, 2014 | Self-Represented and Unrepresented Parties: Responding to the New Normal – when nothing seems normal anymore
Title: Self-Represented and Unrepresented Parties: Responding to the New Normal - when nothing seems normal anymore
Date: May 30, 2014
Co-Chairs: Michael Gottheil, Athanasios Hadjis
Location: Gatineau, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R48 | Wrap-up and Lessons Learned/Conclusions et leçons à retenir | Martine Valois | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R47 | Responding to the New Normal: the Self-Represented Litigant Phenomenon (PowerPoint) | Julie Macfarlane | 13 pages | ‐ | |
R46 | Part 4 - Opportunities and Challenges: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance in Provinding Access to Justice for Middle-Income Earners | Russell Engler | 30 pages | ‐ | |
R45 | When Does Representation Matter? | Russell Engler | 20 pages | ‐ | |
R44 | A New Access to Justice Landscape (PowerPoint) | Trevor Farrow | 18 pages | ‐ | |
R43 | Challenges and solutions regarding self-represented litigants before the CLP | Pascale Gauthier | 9 pages | ‐ | |
R42 | Les enjeux et solutions liés à l’encadrement des personnes non représentées à la Commission des lésions professionnelles | Pascale Gauthier | 7 pages | ‐ |
May 2, 2014 | Complex Criminal Trials
Title: CIAJ's Complex Criminal Trials Roundtable
Date: May 2, 2014
Chair: Christine Mainville, Henein Hutchison LLP
Location: Vancouver, BC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R66 | Report on the CIAJ's Complex Criminal Trials Roundtable - May 2, 2014 | Christine Mainville | 21 pages | ‐ |
November 2, 2013 | The Changing Tides of Administrative Justice: Tribunals Applying the Charter and Human Rights Codes
Title: Atlantic Regional Roundtable on Administrative Law - The Changing Tides of Administrative Justice: Tribunals Applying the Charter and Human Rights Codes
Date: November 2, 2013
Chair: Andrea Smillie
Location: Halifax, NS
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R41 | Administrative Law and the Charter - The Latest Chapter: Doré v. Barreau du Québec (PowerPoint) | Sheila Wildeman | 74 pages | ‐ | |
R40 | Martin and Laseur and some of its progeny: Administrative tribunals dealing with the Charter | Kenny LeBlanc | 36 pages | ‐ | |
R39 | Martin - Ten Years Later, Experience with Constitutional Jurisdiction | Louanne Labelle | 14 pages | ‐ |
May 24, 2013 | National Dialogue On Administrative Law – Welcome to My World
Title: National Dialogue On Administrative Law - Welcome to My World
Date: May 24, 2013
Chair: Michael Gottheil
Location: Toronto, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R38 | Scenario 1 - Discretion, Interpretation and Charter Values | Sheila Wildeman, Freya Kristjanson, Nicolas Lambert | 6 pages | ‐ | |
R37 | Scenario 2 - Human Rights and Liquor Licensing | David Wright | 5 pages | ‐ | |
R36 | Scenario 3 - Practical and Procedural Issues When Dealing with Code and Constitutional Issues | Michael Gottheil | 2 pages | ‐ |
May 11, 2012 | Dialogue Between Courts and Tribunals – Top Ten Issues in Administrative Law
Title: Dialogue Between Courts and Tribunals - Top Ten Issues in Administrative Law
Date: May 11, 2012
Chair: Heather MacNaughton
Location: Calgary, AB
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R35 | Judicial Deference and Reasonableness Review after Dunsmuir | Matthew Lewans | 23 pages | ‐ | |
R34 | Dealing with Dunsmuir: Judicial Deference and Reasonableness Review (PowerPoint) (Morning Session) | Matthew Lewans | 15 pages | ‐ | |
R33 | Recent Developments in Procedural Fairness (PowerPoint) (Afternoon Session) | Matthew Lewans | 13 pages | ‐ | |
R32 | Recent Issues in Jurisdiction (PowerPoint) | Laverne Jacobs | 14 pages | ‐ | |
R31 | Adequacy of Reasons (PowerPoint) | Laverne Jacobs | 14 pages | ‐ | |
R30 | Administrative Law & The Charter (PowerPoint) | Laverne Jacobs | 20 pages | ‐ |
June 3, 2011 | Dialogue Between Courts and Tribunals – Ten Top Issues in Administrative Law
Title: National Roundtable - Dialogue Between Courts and Tribunals - Ten Top Issues in Administrative Law
Date: June 3, 2011
Chair: Heather MacNaughton
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R29 | Regulatory Negligence and Administrative Law | Freya Kristjanson, Stephen Moreau | 29 pages | ‐ | |
R28 | Tribunals by Tweets: Independence in the 21st Century | Freya Kristjanson | 15 pages | ‐ | |
R27 | Selected Topics in Administrative Law | Freya Kristjanson, Lorne Sossin | 40 pages | ‐ |
May 28, 2010 | The Adjudicative Process and New Information Technologies
Title: National Roundtable - The Adjudicative Process and New Information Technologies
Date: May 28, 2010
Chair: Heather MacNaughton
Location: Montreal, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R26 | The Adjudicative Process and the 'New' Media Circus: The Impact of Technology on Courtroom Journalism, Decorum and Privacy | Nicolas Vermeys | 17 pages | ‐ | |
R25 | Panel on Justice and the Media | J. Colin MacKinnon | 72 pages | ‐ | |
R24 | The adjudicative process in the Internet age: A new equation for privacy and openness | Deputy Commissioner Chantal Bernier | 10 pages | ‐ | |
R23 | Closed courts and the media: The Toronto 18 case | Professor John Miller | 8 pages | ‐ |
May 3, 2010 | Timeliness and Adequacy of Reasons
Title: Regional Roundtable - Timeliness and Adequacy of Reasons
Date: May 3, 2010
Co-Chairs: Katherine Swinton, David Stratas
Location: Toronto, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R22 | Decision-makers under new scrutiny: sufficiency of reasons and timely decision-making | David Stratas | 42 pages | ‐ |
May 29, 2009 | National Roundtable – Dunsmuir Back to the Future: Considering the Implications of the Supreme Court’s Attempt to Bring Certainty to Judicial Review Standard
Title: National Roundtable - Dunsmuir Back to the Future: Considering the Implications of the Supreme Court's Attempt to Bring Certainty to Judicial Review Standard
Date: May 29, 2009
Chair: Heather MacNaughton
Location: Halifax, NS
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R21 | Dunsmuir and Substantive Review – Implications and Impact: A Preliminary Assessment | Gerald Heckman | 57 pages | ‐ | |
R20 | Dunsmuir and Substantive Review – Implications and Impact: A Preliminary Assessment - PowerPoint | Gerald Heckman | 10 pages | ‐ | |
R19 | Dunsmuir Update | Andrew Wray | 21 pages | ‐ |
October 27, 2006 | Regional Roundtable
Title: Regional Roundtable - L'expert devant le tribunal : efficacité et objectivité, comment y parvenir
Date: October 27, 2006
Co-Chairs: André Ouimet, François Rolland, Guy Gagnon, Michel Doyon, Jacques Forgues, Donald Béchard
Location: Boucherville, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R7 | L’expert devant le tribunal : efficacité et objectivité : comment y parvenir? | Sophie Lavallée | 32 pages | ‐ | |
R6 | L’expert : recevabilité, qualification et force probante | Donald Bechard | 227 pages | ‐ | |
R5 | Allocution du juge en chef de la cour du Québec, l’honorable Guy Gagnon - L’EXPERTISE | Guy Gagnon | 26 pages | ‐ | |
R4 | L’expert devant le tribunal sous l’angle de l’efficacité et de l’objectivité : comment y parvenir ? | Jacques Forges | 6 pages | ‐ |
May 8, 2009 – Les conflits juridictionnels en droit administratif québecois
Title: Les conflits juridictionnels en droit administratif québecois
Date: May 8, 2009
Co-Chairs: André Ouimet, Christian Brunelle
Location: Boucherville, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R18 | Les conflits juridictionnels : le point de vue des acteurs - Le point de vue de la Conférence des Arbitres du Québec | Diane Veilleux | 7 pages | ‐ | |
R17 | Les conflits juridictionnels en matière de lésions professionnelles | Jean-François Clément | 18 pages | ‐ | |
R16 | Les conflits juridictionnels : le point de vue de la Commission des relations du travail | Monique Hébert | 14 pages | ‐ | |
R15 | Les conflits de compétence entre tribunaux spécialisés : Une question de textes ou de contextes? | Christian Brunelle, Mélanie Samson | 29 pages | ‐ | |
R14 | Les conflits juridictionnels : le point de vue des acteurs | Guylaine Henri | 25 pages | ‐ | |
R13 | Les conflits de compétence en droit administratif québécois: le point de vue de la Commission des relations du travail lorsque des questions de droit constitutionnel sont en litige (PowerPoint) | Monique Hébert, Andrée St-Georges | 3 pages | ‐ |
June 25, 2008 | National Roundtable – Timeliness and Adequacy of Reasons
Title: National Roundtable - Timeliness and Adequacy of Reasons
Date: June 25, 2008
Chair: Heather MacNaughton
Location: Gatineau, QC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R12 | Personal Data Protection in Decisions | Frédéric Pelletier | 12 pages | ‐ | |
R11 | Decision-makers under new scrutiny: sufficiency of reasons and timely decision-making | David Stratas | 34 pages | ‐ | |
R10 | Hearing Back - Piecing Together Timeliness in Saskatchewan’s Administrative Tribunals | Ken Fenwick | 60 pages | ‐ |
2001 – 2007 | Dialogue between Courts and Tribunals: Essays in Administrative Law and Justice
This collection provides a rich analysis of key issues of administrative law and justice. Written by leading voices from academia, the judiciary and the administrative justice community, this collection of essays offers insight from empirical, theoretical and doctrinal perspectives.
"The publication of this volume gives these excellent papers the wider readership which they richly deserve. All interested in administrative justice in Canada are indebted to the authors and editors... for this timely, stimulating, and informative collection." - The Honourable Justice John M. Evans, Federal Court of Appeal.
Laverne A. Jacobs is a law professor at the University of Windsor.
The Honourable Justice Anne L. Mactavish is a judge of the Federal Court.
Published in association with Les Éditions Thémis and with the generous support of the Law Foundation of British Columbia. The publication is now out of stock.
May 4, 2007 | National Roundtable – Effecting Consistency in Tribunal Decision-Making
Title: National Roundtable - Effecting Consistency in Tribunal Decision-Making
Date: May 4, 2007
Chair: Tom Kuttner
Location: Vancouver, BC
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R9 | Earlier Solutions, Faster Justice: The Future of Administrative Justice in British Columbia | Allan Seckel | 17 pages | ‐ | |
R8 | Interim Report of the Agency Cluster Facilitator for the Municipal, Environment and Land Planning Tribunals | Kevin Whitaker | 23 pages | ‐ |
June 9, 2006 | National Roundtable – Exclusive and Concurrent Jurisdiction
Title: National Roundtable - Exclusive and Concurrent Jurisdiction
Date: June 9, 2006
Co-Chairs: Nancy Spies, Tom Kuttner
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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R3 | Developments in Administrative Law: The 2004 - 2005 Term | Laverne Jacobs | 46 pages | ‐ | |
R2 | Issue Estoppel, Collateral Attack & Abuse of Process | Thomas Kuttner | 7 pages | ‐ | |
R1 | CCAT Conference 2006 – Opening Plenary: The Integrated Tribunal – From Concept to Reality - Integrated Alignment: Mastering the Conceptual Challenges of Governance in Daily Tribunal Operation | Laverne Jacobs | 8 pages | ‐ |