Course Chairs
Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
Elena F. Miller — British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Frank Falzon received his LLB (UVic 1986), and in 1987-88 was a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. He was called to the BC bar in 1989 and commenced his practice with the constitutional and administrative law section of the Ministry of Attorney General. Frank entered private practice in Victoria in November 1995, and since that time has acted as legal counsel to a number of statutory decision-makers and officers of the legislature. He has appeared as legal counsel in more than 100 public law cases, at all levels of court in Canada, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008.
Frank has served as an Alternate Chair of the British Columbia Criminal Code Review Board and as an Adjudicator under the Employment Standards Act, the Commercial Appeals Commission Act, and the Jericho Individual Compensation Program. He was a sessional lecturer in administrative law at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law for several years, and since that time has continued to participate as a guest lecturer in administrative law, moot court adjudication, and statutory interpretation.
Frank's practice includes conducting administrative law training seminars for statutory decision-makers and officers of the legislature. He has been a guest speaker at many conferences and educational events, including those conducted by the Environmental Appeal Board, the Workers Compensation Board, the Federation of Canadian Ombudsmen, and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. In September 2015, Frank will deliver a ½-day training session for Canadian Ombuds investigators operated by Osgoode Hall Law School and the Federation of Canadian Ombudsmen.
Since 2004, Frank has been co-chair of CLEBC’s annual Administrative Law Conference. He has published numerous legal articles and papers in the area of administrative law. Frank currently serves on the Editorial Board for CLEBC’s new Administrative Law and Practice Manual (2012) and has contributed two chapters to that text.
Elena F. Miller is senior in-house legal counsel for the British Columbia Labour Relations Board and the British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal. She provides internal legal advice to Board and Tribunal staff and adjudicators, and has appeared as counsel for the Board and Tribunal in all levels of court on judicial reviews, appeals, and related matters. She is currently seconded to a six-month cross-appointment as a Vice-Chair of the Board and a Member of the Tribunal.
Elena has presented papers at administrative and labour law conferences, and authored and updated two chapters of CLEBC’s British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual. This is her first year as co-chair of the CLEBC Administrative Law Conference.
Featured Speakers
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, PC — Chief Justice of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa
The Honourable Justice David Stratas — Federal Court of Appeal, Ottawa
David J. Mullan — Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston
About the Featured Speakers
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin spent her formative years in Pincher Creek, Alberta and was educated at the University of Alberta, where she received a BA (Honours) in Philosophy in 1965. She pursued her studies at the University of Alberta and, in 1968, received both an MA in Philosophy and an LLB She was called to the Alberta bar in 1969 and to the BC bar in 1971 and practiced law in Alberta and British Columbia. Commencing in 1974, she taught for seven years at the University of BC law faculty as a tenured Associate Professor.
Chief Justice McLachlin’s judicial career began in April 1981 when she was appointed to the Vancouver County Court. In September 1981, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of BC. She was elevated to the BC Court of Appeal in December of 1985 and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of BC in September 1988. Seven months later, in April 1989, she was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and on January 7, 2000, she was appointed Chief Justice of Canada—the first woman in Canada to hold this position.
In addition to her judicial duties at the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice chairs the Canadian Judicial Council, the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada, and the Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute. She is the author of numerous articles and publications.
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David Stratas received his LLB (Queen’s, 1984), BCL (Oxford, 1986), and LLD, honoris causa (Queen’s, 2012). He was law clerk to Supreme Court of Canada Justice Bertha Wilson (1986-1987), and called to the Ontario bar in 1988. David was a litigation partner in several major Toronto law firms, and became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2008. That same year he was appointed Special Advocate by the Minister of Justice. From 1994 David has been an adjunct member of Queen’s University faculty of law, winning ten faculty teaching awards. He is the author of over 140 articles and conference papers on various legal topics, particularly in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law, and legal writing.
David was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, and a member ex officio of the Federal Court on December 11, 2009. In 2012, he was appointed Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada. David was chair of the Global Review Subcommittee that conducted a once-a-decade review of the Federal Courts’ practices and procedures and recommended reforms. He currently chairs the implementation committee for those reforms.
David J. Mullan is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington (LLB and LLM), where he commenced his academic career as a Junior Lecturer. He then taught at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1971 – 1973) and again, after four years at Dalhousie University, from 1977 – 2003. At the time of his early retirement, David was the holder of the Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Professorship in Constitutional and Administrative Law. From 2004 – 2008, he was the first Integrity Commissioner for the City of Toronto, and now is a consultant and researcher.
David has published many articles in the field of administrative law as well as prepared reports for various governments, agencies, and law commissions, including a 2010 report for Correctional Service Canada on inmate grievance processes. He is the author of Administrative Law in the Essentials of Canadian Law Series (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2001) as well as one of the editors of the 6th edition of Evans, Janisch, Mullan and Risk, Administrative Law: Cases, Text, and Materials (Emond Montgomery Publications, 2010; 7th edition scheduled for fall 2015). He was editor of the Administrative Law Reports (1983 – 1994), a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (1998 – 2006), and until 2015 he was a part-time Vice-Chair of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. David is currently a member of the NAFTA Chapter 19 Canadian Panel. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars and workshops for members of courts, tribunals, and agencies.
Faculty
Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
Karen A. Horsman, QC — Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Justice, Vancouver
Elena F. Miller — British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Vancouver
Susan E. Ross — Susan E. Ross Law Corporation, Victoria
Karrie A. Wolfe — Ministry of Justice, Victoria
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