This is the first of three parts of an essay for an edited collection celebrating the career of Gerard Hogan, currently a judge on the Irish Supreme Court Introduction Administrative law famously made itself anew in the latter half of the 20th century. Lord Lord Diplock’s aphorism is familiar: “Any judicial statements on matters of […] Read more

Here are my speaking notes for the webinar on ‘Agency Independence in Comparative Perspective’ (see here) Agency independence is often spoken of as if it were a single, settled concept. In Canadian administrative law, it is nothing of the sort. Independence is contingent, variable, and to a very large extent the product of legislative choices […] Read more

I spent the academic year 2023-2024 as scholar in residence at the Law Reform Commission of Ireland, on a long-running project addressing reform of the administrative justice system. I am pleased to say that the Commission’s Consultation Paper has now been published: Reform of Non-Court Adjudicative Bodies and Appeals to Courts (LRC CP 70-2025). This is a very meaty […] Read more

Another entry in the catalogue of cases dealing with the interaction between rights of appeal and applications for judicial review is Caledon Residences Inc. v. Ontario Land Tribunal, 2025 ONSC 6546. This raises a question as to whether a right of appeal that is subject to a leave requirement and is contingent on demonstrating a […] Read more