British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual--ONLINE

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 an online subscription to British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual, your firm will be able to:

• conveniently access detailed guidance at any time and from any location, search for relevant information, and link directly to significant legislation, case law, and websites
• 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

Subscribe 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

Annual subscription rates are based on firm size. A monthly payment option is available.

Online subscribers can purchase a print copy of British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual for 30% off its regular price.

CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn
joyt@cle.bc.ca

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Chapters

Part 1—An Introduction to Administrative Law

1. An Overview of Administrative Law

Part 2—Administrative Law Decision-making

2. Administrative Decision-makers

3. Administrative Decision-making

4. Impartiality and Independence

5. Pre-hearing Considerations in Administrative Law

6. Administrative Law Hearings

7. Evidence in Administrative Law Proceedings

8. The Record of Administrative Law Proceedings

9. The Decision from an Administrative Law Proceeding

10. Reviews, Reconsiderations, and Appeals of Administrative Law Decisions

Part 3—Review by the Courts

11. Judicial Review Fundamentals

12. Parties and Others in Judicial Review or Appeal Proceedings

13. Commencing Judicial Review, Appeal, or Stated Case Proceedings

14. Remedies in Judicial Review or Appel

15. The Role of the Respondent in Judicial Review or Appeal Proceedings

16. Interlocutory Practice in Judicial Review or Statutory Appeal Proceedings

17. Dealing with Self-represented Parties in Judicial Review Proceedings

18. Preparing for a Hearing

19. Arguing the Judicial Review Application

20. Costs on Judicial Reviews and Statutory Appeals

21. Appeals from Judicial Review

22. Federal Courts Practice

23. Annotated Precedents

Tables
Case Table
Statutes and Related Material Table
Index

Editorial Board
Jennifer Chow, KC — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
The Honourable Justice Karen Horsman — Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver
Lindsay A. Waddell — Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, Vancouver
Karrie A. Wolfe — Legal Services Branch, BC Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Authors
Meera Bennett — Legal Services Branch, BC Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Aubin Calvert — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
Jennifer Chow, KC — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Adrienne Copithorne — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Laurel M. Courtenay — Legal Services Branch, BC Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Nicholas S.A. Falzon — Young Anderson, Vancouver
Lisa C. Fong, KC — Ng Ariss Fong, Vancouver
Scott Garoupa — Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, Vancouver
Julie K. Gibson — Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver 
The Honourable Justice Harvey M. Groberman — Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver
Angus M. Gunn, KC — Eyford Partners LLP, Vancouver
Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Alandra K. Harlingten — Lovett Westmacott, Victoria
Robin M. Junger — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Randy J. Kaardal, KC — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
Shawnee Monchalin  — BC Human Rights Tribunal, xʷməθkʷə̓yəm (Musqueam), Sḵw̱xwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) (Vancouver)
Donnaree G. Nygard — Nygard Legal, Vancouver
Keith Reimer — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Banafsheh Sokhansanj — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver
Mark G. Underhill, KC — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
Amita M. Vulimiri — Labour Relations Board, Vancouver; Employment Standards Tribunal, Vancouver
Lindsay A. Waddell — Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, Vancouver
Karrie A. Wolfe — Legal Services Branch, BC Ministry of Justice, Victoria