Although the usual standard for reviewing
decisions of adjudicators who interpret provisions of the Code is reasonableness, the FCA decided that the case required a deviation from the normal course.
«TCC claims 2.1 The following are examples of the types of claim which it may be appropriate to bring as TCC claims --(a) building or other construction disputes, including claims for the enforcement of
the decisions of adjudicators under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; (b) engineering disputes; (c) claims by and against engineers, architects, surveyors, accountants and other specialised advisers relating to the services they provide; (d) claims by and against local authorities relating to their statutory duties concerning the development of land or the construction of buildings; (e) claims relating to the design, supply and installation of computers, computer software and related network systems; (f) claims relating to the quality of goods sold or hired, and work done, materials supplied or services rendered; (g) claims between landlord and tenant for breach of a repairing covenant; (h) claims between neighbours, owners and occupiers of land in trespass, nuisance etc; (i) claims relating to the environment (for example, pollution cases); (j) claims arising out of fires; (k) claims involving taking of accounts where these are complicated; and (l) challenges to decisions of arbitrators in construction and engineering disputes including applications for permission to appeal and appeals.»
But the parties were agreed that when counsel for the secretary of state was making submissions in the Inner House on the appropriate remedy she had conceded that the appellant would be granted indefinite leave to remain if the court were to decide to restore
the decision of the adjudicator.
The decision of the adjudicator is binding unless there is a subsequent decision by a court or an arbitrator.
In the Whyte case, the court overturned
the decision of an adjudicator who had not considered the significance of conflicting evidence that, in the court's view, the adjudicator was reasonably required to consider in making the material finding in the case.
If you are unhappy with
the decision of the adjudicator you have 28 days from receiving notice of a CRT final decision, to file a Notice of Objection with the CRT.
Not exact matches
«Inconsequential technicality» leads to quashing
of schools
adjudicator decision on London Oratory School.
An inconsequential error was made by the
adjudicator in relation to one
of three areas he found this criterion to be in breach
of the Admissions Code and as a result the
decision in its entirety is being quashed and the determination process re-done.
All the
adjudicator — the lawyer who judges the appeals — has to do is to call up the evidence on one
of the network's personal computers and make a
decision.
Hampshire County Council decided not to rebuild and only a determined fight by the local community which went all the way to the Office
of the Schools
Adjudicator overturned their
decision.
You can appeal to the court against their
decision, but you must do this within 28 days
of getting this notice which confirms the
adjudicator's original
decision.
The
adjudicator will make their
decision within a maximum
of 28 days
of receiving your application.
The ombudsman's
decision is usually made by an assigned
adjudicator, but if you disagree with the result, you can ask for a formal
decision to be made by one
of the official ombudsmen at the service.
In a number
of cases the original
decision of the OSMV
adjudicator was wrong in law and now there is a Supreme Court case that would cause the tribunal's
decision to be overturned.
The
adjudicator appointed under the Canada Code agreed with him but reserved judgment regarding remedy when AECL sought judicial review
of the
decision before the Federal Court.
OHRC policies are well respected by the courts and by the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, and have been regularly referenced in
decisions by both judges and other
adjudicators.
This was an appeal against a
decision of Bean J to reject a judicial review
of the Parking
Adjudicator's
decision in a test case concerning the effect
of alleged defects in traffic signs and road markings on the liability to pay the penalty charge (a parking ticket).
The
decision of the Court
of Appeal brings to an end a long - running case which originally disposed
of a challenge to the independence
of the Parking
Adjudicator under Article 6 ECHR.
The initial refusal was overturned by an
adjudicator, and the administrative law issue,
of course, was whether this
decision was unreasonable.
There is no shortage
of advice offered to
adjudicators on
decision writing at conferences and seminars.
The applicable insurance legislation and statutory accident benefit regulations, guidelines, bulletins and the regulations surrounding the dispute resolution process under the LAT extend for hundreds
of pages, are often complex and are impacted by hundreds
of decisions by judges and
adjudicators.
To equip readers with background knowledge
of the area, summaries
of Adjudicator decisions are provided along with relevant extracts from the following legislation:
On judicial review, courts are reluctant to second guess the
decision not to grant an adjournment, as the discretion to permit or deny an adjournment «falls squarely within the discretion»
of the
adjudicator: Senjule v. Law Society
of Upper Canada, 2013 ONSC 2817.
Most important
of all, however, was the fact that subsequent events in Iraq had altered so fundamentally since the
decision to allow the appellant's claim was taken by the
adjudicator.
The Contractor made his application on the basis that the
Adjudicator's
Decision was reached in breach
of the principles
of natural justice as the Contractor had never been aware
of any aspect
of the adjudication and had played no part in it.
With the parties facing the
adjudicator, rather than each other, the role
of the
adjudicator as the
decision - maker is reinforced — all eyes are on him or her.
This arises in three contexts: the offering
of mediation, the conduct
of the mediation and in the
decision - making by an
adjudicator after mediation.
Should our understanding
of the lawyering role change in cases where lawyering takes place more privately and without a third - party
decision - maker (like a judge or tribunal
adjudicator) acting as an institutional check?
Pearl reviews funding
decisions, as an Independent Financial
Adjudicator and Cost Assessor, in immigration and family appeals to the Tribunal, Administrative Court, Court
of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
[16] If the
adjudicator had made findings regarding the conflicts in the balance
of the evidence, he would not necessarily have reached the same
decision.
If the employee disagrees with an initial
decision of the WCB claims
adjudicator, you can appeal the
decision to the Claims Services Review Committee (Workers Compensation Act s. 46).
Chambers
decision: The Chambers judge quashed the
adjudicator's order, finding that «no
adjudicator acting reasonably could have reached a
decision in this case without considering the implications
of the conflicts in the evidence on these critical points».
In the recent case Canada (Attorney General) v. Munsee - Delaware Nation, the Federal Court was asked to review an
adjudicator's
decision that the employment relations
of Indian Act bands are provincially - regulated.
If we had not petitioned the court for a judicial review
of the
adjudicator's
decision, our client would be stuck with a knowing that one
of our key arguments had not even been taken into consideration
Our concern is that we have a number
of OSMV
decisions in which the
adjudicator writes that Spencer is not binding on their tribunal.
The Misetich
decision certainly marks the opening
of yet another chapter in the struggle
of adjudicators to balance family needs and employers» rights in the workplace.
But since the tribunal has decided that
decisions of other
adjudicators are not binding there must be a binding directive from a higher authority.
A mediator is typically not used as an
adjudicator to make the
decisions on behalf
of the parties, but rather used to facilitate the parties» communications in order for the parties to make
decisions about the terms
of their agreement.
Existing interviews with injured workers and their legal advocates describe a process whereby claims
adjudicators made their
decisions on the basis
of the recommendations
of medical doctors who were employed directly by the workers» compensation board.
On that basis, the FCA decided that the
adjudicator's
decision needed to be assessed on the higher standard
of correctness.
After all, the conflicting
decisions of reasonable
adjudicators were the very reason for the uncertainty in the law.
The
adjudicator's
decision was overturned on appeal by the Federal Court, which held that an employer can dismiss an employee without cause so long as it gives notice or pay in lieu
of notice in accordance with the Code.
In a
decision released in April 20131, a Manitoba
adjudicator dealt with a complaint involving a retail store employee who had been subjected to a lengthy and ongoing course
of sexual harassment by a customer.
Unless there are good grounds for opposing the enforcement
of an
Adjudicator's
decision, then the TCC will seek to uphold the
decision and a successful Claimant will generally recover costs incurred in the enforcement process.
In reaching this
decision, the
Adjudicator cited the Supreme Court
of Canada's
decision in Hydro - Quebec v. Syndicat, 2008 SCC 43 at para. 16 in which the Court stated, «the employer does not have a duty to change working conditions in a fundamental way, but does have a duty, if it can do so without undue hardship, to arrange the employee's workplace or duties to enable the employee to do his or her work.»
A recent Federal Court
decision that addressed allegations
of bias by an
adjudicator hearing a case under the unjust dismissal provisions
of the Canada Labour Code provides more comfort to
adjudicators who engage in med - arb.
In most cases, you can expect the
adjudicator to deliver his or her
decision at the end
of the trial.
We did not anticipate the significance
of this case but, after adjudication, we were extremely interested in attaining deference for the
adjudicator's
decision which had reinstated our client.
Rather, we first felt strongly that the
decision of the Court
of Appeal was inconsistent with the Supreme Court
of Canada's
decision in Knight [4] and second, we did not think that the
adjudicator's
decision was incorrect or unreasonable.
Of course, many
adjudicators and judges have received
decision writing training that emphasizes these principles.