Federal Court Practice 2025

Course Chairs
Sarah L. Bird — Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Vancouver
Richard B. Kurland — Kurland, Tobe, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs (photos and bios to follow)

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British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual

Strategies for effective administrative law advocacy

This publication is essential for: lawyers, decision-makers, and judges whose work involves federal or BC administrative law decision-making

Current to: May 1, 2023

Administrative law is complex and requires specialized knowledge. British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual offers you a guide to navigating administrative law and procedure with advice on fundamental administrative law concepts, case preparation and advocacy, the role of evidence and parties, and the process for reviews and appeals. Covering decision-makers and courts at both federal and provincial levels, this manual provides access to sample forms annotated with commentary and a curated bibliography of other useful administrative law resources.

With this resource, you will be able to:

• understand what makes for effective administrative law advocacy and drafting
  
• more confidently handle administrative decision-makers and unrepresented parties
  
• avoid common administrative law practice pitfalls

Order today and deepen your knowledge of administrative law principles and practice! View a sample from the book.

Highlights of the 2023 Update include:

• post-Vavilov developments in standard of review and procedural fairness jurisprudence at SCC and below, impact on lower authorities
• SCC: new correctness category in context of concurrent first-instance jurisdiction between courts and administrative bodies
• SCC: institutional role of interveners
• BCCA: new correctness category in context of jurisdictional boundaries between administrative decision-makers and legislative bodies
• FCA: development in the test for intervention at the Federal Court
• expansion of test for legal threshold for standing
• increasing prevalence of appointment of amici curiae
• JRPA amendment to enable judicial review of Indigenous governing bodies when consent agreements reached for joint decision-making

Full Agenda to follow!