Saturday, 28 June 2014

New Location for Blog: www.administrativelawmatters.com

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As promised, the new website is now up: www.administrativelawmatters.com Those subscribed by email or RSS should not need to change their ...
Friday, 27 June 2014

Attaquer une décision en révision judiciaire

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I gave a presentation a few weeks ago for the Canadian Institute. An odd subject for a partisan of deference like myself, but I enjoyed putt...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Common Law Restraints on Discretionary Powers: S156-2013 v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, [2014] HCA 22

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An old debate in administrative law concerns the appropriate role of courts in imposing common law restrictions on discretionary powers. For...
Friday, 20 June 2014

Stare Decisis in Administrative Law

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Here is a problem for deferential approaches to judicial review: what about an administrative decision that is a reasonable resolution of a ...
Sunday, 15 June 2014

Change is Coming: A Brief Double Announcement

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First, this blog will shortly be making its way to www.administrativelawmatters.com, in a revamped format. Those of you subscribed via email...

Judicial Musical Chairs

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Some have suggested that the announcement on Friday that Mainville J.A. has been appointed from the Federal Court of Appeal to the Quebec C...
Friday, 13 June 2014

Interpretation and Context

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Here is a great passage from an Australia case ( Mainteck Services v. Stein Heurtey ) on contractual interpretation: What is the legal mea...