Did the Ministry breach the duty of
procedural fairness owed to Kaberwal by failing to hold an oral hearing before making its decision?
What I advocate (see below) is not unlike the contextual approach of Baker for determining the level of
procedural fairness owed.
[112] In conclusion, I am satisfied that the RFP process followed was sufficient to discharge the duty of
procedural fairness owed to the Community Groups.
Not exact matches
However, as noted, for the most part, patients with rare diseases who as a group seek coverage for medications are likely not
owed administrative
procedural fairness protections.
In some cases, a duty of
procedural fairness may be
owed to an individual if the decision is sufficiently particular to that individual.
But even in such cases, one can expect a court to recognize that a regulatory body
owes some degree of
procedural fairness to each complainant.
A recent Alberta decision has rejected the province's argument that it does not
owe a duty of
procedural fairness to First Nations in determining whether the Crown's duty to consult is triggered.
[99] As Mr. Justice Finch (as he then was) explained in Halfway River at para. 58, the fettering of discretion is an issue of
procedural fairness, which is an area where the court
owes an administrative decision - maker no deference: