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Administrative law 2025 FC 72

Turner v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an RCMP conduct appeal decision, finding the Adjudicator reasonably upheld dismissal for discreditable conduct and delay-related issues.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Abuse of process
  • Delay
  • Standard of review
  • Credibility assessment
  • Evidentiary weight
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Administrative law 2024 ONCA 585

Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority v. Moore

The appellants were operating an unlicensed retirement home because the complex housed the requisite residents and the operator made at least two enumerated care services available — provision of meals and the administration of drugs, where "administration" reasonably includes acts of assistance such as receiving, storing, cueing, giving and recordkeeping; R.W. was properly treated as a resident of the same residential complex; s.96.1 empowers the court to order cessation of operations and vacatur; there was no abuse of process or Charter breach and the factual findings supporting remedies we…

  • Retirement homes regulation
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Licensing and compliance orders
  • Administrative remedies
  • Abuse of process
  • Charter self‑incrimination
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Administrative law 2024 FC 744

Katoch v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court found the CFIA’s refusal to accept a grievance unreasonable because its reasons did not explain why an alternative statutory process barred the grievance.

  • Judicial review
  • Administrative remedies
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Grievance procedure
  • Reasonableness review
  • Section 208 fpslra
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Administrative law 2019 FCA 272

Guérin v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal: the Regulations and Commissioner’s Directives implementing s.78 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act were within statutory authority; appellants failed to establish a s.7 Charter violation or applicability of international instruments; international instruments are not self-executing; and inmates are not employees under the Canada Labour Code or at common law for the purposes claimed, with the additional determination that administrative remedies under the Code were not exhausted.

  • Inmate pay
  • Delegated legislation
  • Charter s7
  • Ultra vires
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Administrative remedies
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Administrative law 2019 FC 1303

Lamarche v. Canada (Attorney General)

Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a pension calculation under the Reserve Force Pension Plan Regulations, finding the Pension Centre’s interpretation of s 11(3) reasonable.

  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review
  • Pension entitlement calculation
  • Interpretation of regulations
  • Administrative remedies
  • Judicial-review
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Civil procedure 2015 ONCA 794

Cassidy v. Belleville (Police Service)

The limitation period began no later than the date of the incident or the date of the appellant's early correspondence; the appellant did not rebut the s.5(2) presumption and pursuing administrative oversight did not suspend discoverability, therefore the action commenced in 2013 was statute-barred.

  • Limitations act 2002
  • Discoverability
  • Negligence
  • Administrative remedies
  • Police misconduct
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Administrative law 2014 SSTAD 176

J. J. and M. J. v. Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development

DCCB is a derivative benefit payable only to children of a contributor who has been found disabled under the CPP following a valid application and approval; because the contributor had not validly applied for or been found disabled, the appellants were not entitled to DCCB and their s.15 Charter discrimination claim failed.

  • Canada pension plan
  • Disabled contributor's child's benefit (dccb) eligibility
  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Charter s.15 discrimination
  • Information disclosure/privacy
  • Applicant obligations under cpp regulations
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Administrative law 2013 FC 144

Wheeldon v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of SSHRC’s denial of a post-doctoral fellowship, finding no legitimate expectation of detailed feedback and no procedural unfairness.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Standard of review
  • Reasonableness
  • Administrative remedies
  • Procedural-fairness
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