Category Archives: Administrative Law

Issue of Timing Arises Again: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Quashes Decision of Information and Privacy Commissioner for Reasonable Apprehension of Bias

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Linda McKay-Panos

PDF version: Issue of Timing Arises Again: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Quashes Decision of Information and Privacy Commissioner for Reasonable Apprehension of Bias  Case considered: Alberta Teachers’ Association v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 ABQB 19 (“Wright“) Once … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Broadly Interprets s. 99(1) of the National Energy Board Act

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Matthew Ducharme

PDF version: Supreme Court Broadly Interprets s. 99(1) of the National Energy Board Act  Case considered: Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7 In Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7 (Smith) all nine judges of the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court hears Alberta Privacy Case

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Admin

Case considered: Information and Privacy Commissioner v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, an appeal from 2010 ABCA 26 Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal in Information and Privacy Commissioner v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, an appeal from 2010 ABCA 26. For … Continue reading →

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The continuing mystery of standing at the Energy Resources Conservation Board

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Shaun Fluker

PDF version: The continuing mystery of standing at the Energy Resources Conservation Board  Case considered: West Energy/Daylight Energy – Section 39 review hearing re: Linda McGinn, 2011 ABERCB 002 A couple weeks ago on ABlawg I suggested that the law … Continue reading →

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The Continued Complexity of Administrative Law post-Dunsmuir

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Alice Woolley

PDF version:The Continued Complexity of Administrative Law post-Dunsmuir  Cases considered: Mitzel v. Alberta (Law Enforcement Review Board), 2010 ABCA 336; Calgary (City) v. Alberta (Municipal Government Board), 2010 ABQB 719 The Supreme Court’s judgment in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 … Continue reading →

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