And Baker has brought relative calm to
the law of procedural fairness.
The Parole Board, [2013] UKSC 61 has already provoked interesting commentary on the relationship between the common
law of procedural fairness and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Not exact matches
The Court
of Appeal suggests that in the pursuit
of greater
procedural fairness for SRLs, there should be flexibility in the application
of Family
Law Rules and the Rules
of Civil Procedure.
In terms
of procedural fairness, the conduct
of the Tribunal «must be sufficiently serious to offend our most basic notions
of morality and justice» and judicial intervention is only warranted when «the Tribunal's conduct is so serious that it can not be condoned under the
law of the enforcing State» (para 65).
The
law with respect to the minimum standards
of procedural fairness is not settled, and there is sparse consideration
of the way Bill 132 will be applied.
To put this language in public
law terms, the lack
of procedural fairness in the termination decision meant that the decision could not reasonably be relied upon by other public authorities as evidence
of unfitness to carry out public contracts.
Fearing the worst excesses
of the American experience with the phrase «due process
of law», the drafters specifically chose the phrase «fundamental justice» which was specifically meant to not go beyond
procedural fairness.
The Court
of Appeal also dismissed arguments made on behalf
of XH that the exercise
of such power was, in any event, unlawful on the basis
of EU
law norms
of procedural fairness.
Marion Boyd's argument is reflected in Omar's comments: if one does not hold out the possibility
of enforcing a family arbitral award made under Islamic
law, at least on some grounds (and she set out a number
of conditions about
procedural and substantive
fairness), then those who go to arbitration under that
law anyway have no protection in civil
law, and the arbitrator has no incentive to conform to our general notions
of fairness.
If «justice» is the impartial application
of the
law to evidence in accordance with the rules
of procedural fairness, the answer is obviously, No.
The court decided to review Issues 2, 3, 5 and 6 on a «deferential standard
of reasonableness,» but applied correctness to Issues 1 and 4: «While I acknowledge that in the administrative
law context a tribunal may develop its own procedures as to admissibility without the recognized strictures found in the judicial rules
of evidence, whereas issues # 1 and # 4 principally involve specific questions
of law and concurrent issues involving breaches
of natural justice or
procedural fairness, I will apply a standard
of correctness.
The Court
of Appeal dismissed the appeal, Elias LJ dissenting in his view that the Treasury had failed to comply with common
law procedural fairness as well as the
procedural rights implied by Article 1 Protocol 1 and Article 6 ECHR.
While a tribunal's substantive decision - making under its home statute may survive a judicial review merely by being reasonable, a tribunal must still be correct about questions
of general
law, and must still reach decisions on a foundation
of procedural fairness; legislatures do not authorize tribunals to decide matters through unjust processes (Dunsmuir at 128 - 129).
The important consideration in determining whether a tribunal has been «established by
law» is not whether it was pre-established or established for a specific purpose or situation; what is important is that it be set up by a competent organ in keeping with the relevant legal procedures, and should that it observes the requirements
of procedural fairness.
In the same book, Farrow makes a number
of arguments against what he refers to as the privatization
of civil justice, such as the impoverishment
of common
law when cases are removed from the public system (this dovetails with Simpson's work), the use
of a private (thus, confidential) system to circumvent public policies, public accountability, and basic notions
of procedural fairness, and the shielding from the public
of transactions that would not withstand public scrutiny.
These include the extent to which natural justice and
procedural fairness must be respected in a multi-stage disciplinary process, and whether employment
law principles apply to relationships between health authorities and physicians — the right
of a physician to seek reinstatement by court order when privileges are improperly terminated.
This despite the fact that the right to
procedural fairness at common
law in Canada is said to be «autonomous»
of any particular statutory provision.
It requires, as well, measures to ensure adherence to the principles
of supremacy
of law, equality before the
law, accountability to the
law,
fairness in the application
of the
law, separation
of powers, participation in decision - making, legal certainty, avoidance
of arbitrariness and
procedural and legal transparency.»
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Ensuring that the rules
of procedural fairness are adhered to by administrative bodies may present new challenges to the business lawyer, as the courts increasingly draw on administrative
law principles to protect the interests
of First Nations communities.
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procedural fairness principles.
Adhering to the tenets
of procedural fairness increases the perceived legitimacy
of police in the community, which has several benefits, including increased and continued adherence to
laws and orders over time.
Procedural Justice Concepts in Arlington, Texas PowerPoint Presentation Theron L. Bowman, Ph.D., Police Chief, Arlington Police Department Chief Bowman's outline of procedural fairness applications gives an overview of concrete actions a police department can take to advance law abiding in the community and the standing of the department in the eyes of its employees and the
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of procedural fairness applications gives an overview of concrete actions a police department can take to advance law abiding in the community and the standing of the department in the eyes of its employees and the
procedural fairness applications gives an overview
of concrete actions a police department can take to advance
law abiding in the community and the standing
of the department in the eyes
of its employees and the community.
Insofar as judicial review serves to uphold the Rule
of Law, individual rights, federalism,
procedural fairness, or whatever other substantive value, deferential review presumably accomplishes these objectives less well than aggressive review.
One
of the most complicated topics in immigration
law is determining when
procedural fairness will require an immigration officer who is assessing an application to seek clarification in the form
of a
fairness letter or interview.
The question
of deference on questions
of procedural fairness will continue to hang over Canadian administrative
law until it is argued and authoritatively resolved by the Supreme Court.
Procedural fairness is an evidence - based practice increasingly implemented by
law enforcement, the judiciary, and other parts
of the criminal justice system.
The First Nations are relying on the established administrative
law principle
of procedural fairness to argue that the duty to consult is not necessarily confined to cases involving s. 35 Charter rights.
Other significant decisions were those in Osborn v Parole Board [2013] UKSC 61, where the Court relied on common
law procedural fairness (as well as on Art 5 (4)
of the ECHR) when ruling that the Parole Board would often have to hold an oral hearing when prisoners apply for release on licence.
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From the Board's perspective, it is critical to ensure that the fundamental issues concerning the exclusion
of the RDA, the right to
procedural fairness including the right to seek external merits review, the exclusion
of anti-discrimination
laws in the Northern Territory and the deeming
of measures as «special measures», are all matters that require immediate change.
Adhering to basic concepts
of procedural fairness during divorce, child custody proceedings and other family
law matters, helps to ensure that those entering the courtroom come away from the process feeling they were treated fairly by the judicial system.
Whilst providing some
procedural rights to Indigenous peoples regarding leases, licences and permits regulating the management
of water, the Native Title Act has been interpreted as not imposing an obligation to comply with the common
law rules
of procedural fairness.
For this reason, an area
of law called «
procedural fairness» applies.
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