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Welcome and Introduction

Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
Angus M. Gunn, Jr. — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Opening Address

The Honourable Madam Justice Marie Deschamps — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa 

Year in Review: Recent Developments in Administrative Law

• standards of review: the continued aftermath of the Dunsmuir and Khosa decisions
• the duty to be fair: ever evolving
• professional discipline: some interesting cases
• standing
• a miscellany of other developments
  
  David Phillip Jones, QC — de Villars Jones, Edmonton

Break

Year in Review (cont'd): Q & A and Discussion
 
          David Phillip Jones, QC — de Villars Jones, Edmonton 

Year in Review: British Columbia Case Law

• recent developments of interest in BC jurisprudence
  
  Ryan D.W. Dalziel — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Constitutional and Charter Issues in Administrative Law Selected Topics

• competency to hear and decide constitutional questions and grant Charter remedies:  merger of the three discrete universes (R. v. Conway)
• matters within the authority of Parliament, the Legislatures and government: how far does the long arm of the Charter reach (Sagen v. VANOC)?
• administrative search and seizure: when does safety trump privacy (Arkinstall v. City of Surrey)?
• person charged with an offence: crossing the line from administrative penalty to true penal consequences
• express exclusion of Charter competency for administrative tribunals: an idea whose time has come?
   
  George H. Copley, QC — Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria

Cutting Edge Issues in Judicial Review in the Federal Court

• can a party circumvent the Federal Court’s exclusive jurisdiction by framing its claim in tort or contract to seek damages?
• is a person over 75 years of age precluded from acting as a deputy judge of the Federal Court?
• reliance on evidence in a judicial review application
   
  Jennifer Chow — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver

Break

Administrative Tribunals Act (ATA) Update

• update on ATA case law 
• how has the Dunsmuir decision affected how the ATA is interpreted and applied? 
• are legislated standards of review viable in a common law world
   
  Robin M. Junger — Deputy Minister, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria 

The Role of Tribunal Counsel

• prior to hearing 
• drafting reasons 
• judicial review
   
  The Honourable Mr. Justice Peter Leask — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
  Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
  John J.L. Hunter, QC — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
  Elena F. Miller — Labour Relations Board of BC, Vancouver

Closing Remarks and Wrap Up

           Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
           Angus M. Gunn, Jr. — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver