Our “Vavilov at 5″ conference, held only in June, has gone through the Alberta Law Review publication process in what feels like record time. Kudos most of all to the editors-in-chief Lauren Stavert and Eli Ziff, who took this on at the tail end of their mandate, and to the contributors who produced drafts and responded […] Read more
I spoke to a journalist from the Canadian Press today about Universal Ostrich Farms and the ostriches that are destined to be culled subsequent to a H5N1 outbreak (albeit one that doesn’t seem to have affected any surviving members of the herd). Readers will recall my post on the legal issues in the case. The […] Read more
In recognition of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I am reproducing a short extract from a piece written this year for a conference in honour of Russell Brown, in which I try assess where Justice Brown stood in relation to the administrative state: All told, I would place Justice Brown on the substance […] Read more
On rare occasions, an administrative decision-maker will conduct a hearing in such a way as to give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias, that is that the decision-maker had prejudged the outcome before the conclusion of the hearing. Environmental Appeal Board v. District Director, Metro Vancouver, 2025 BCCA 303. The Court of Appeal (Edelmann […] Read more
