Divisional Court Jurisdiction

Divisional Court Jurisdiction under the Judicial Review Procedure Act

• Setia v. Appleby College, 2013 ONCA 753, 118 O.R. (3d) 481.

Prematurity in judicial review

• Volochay v. College of Massage Therapists of Ontario, 2012 ONCA 541, 111 O.R. (3d) 561.
• Ontario College of Art v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission) (1993), 11 O.R. (3d) 798 (Div. Ct.).

Timeliness of applications for judicial review

• Unifor and its Local 303 v. Scepter Canada Inc., 2022 ONSC 5683 (Div. Ct.)

Admissibility of Affidavit Evidence in judicial review applications

• 142445 Ontario Limited (Utilities Kingston) v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 636(2009), 251 O.A.C. 62 (Div. Ct.).
• Re Keeprite Workers’ Independent Union et al. and Keeprite Products Ltd.(1980), 29 O.R. (2d) 513 (C.A.).

Availability of judicial review when there is a statutory right of appeal

• Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2022 ONCA 446.

Admissibility of Affidavit Evidence in appeals

• Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759.
• Sengmueller v. Sengmueller (1994), 17 O.R. (3d) 208 (C.A.).

Right of Appeal from final, not interlocutory, decisions of the Licence Appeal Tribunal

• Penney v. The Co-operators General Insurance Company, 2022 ONSC 3874 (Div. Ct.).

Reviews under s. 21(5) of the Courts of Justice Act

• Guillaume v. Barney Rivers Investments Inc., 2022 ONSC 1123 (Div. Ct.).

Administrative Law Principles

Standard of Review in administrative law

• Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653.
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30.

Standard of review in appeals

• Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235.

Validity of Regulations

• Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long‑Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810.

Jurisdiction of tribunals to determine questions of constitutional law

• R. v. Conway, 2010 SCC 22, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 765.

Adequacy of Reasons in administrative law cases

• Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653
• Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board), 2011 SCC 62, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 708.

Procedural Fairness

• Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817.
• Canada (Attorney General) v. Mavi, 2011 SCC 30, [2011] 2 S.C.R. 504.

Reasonable apprehension of bias

• R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484.

Review of abuse of discretion

• C.U.P.E. v. Ontario (Minister of Labour),2003 SCC 29, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 539.

Interlocutory Relief

• RJR MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311.