OBA Administrative LAW / Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law PROGRAM
Original Program Date: June 7, 2017

Administrative tribunals are required to consider Charter values in the execution of their mandate, and have the jurisdiction to address Charter claims. How does this jurisdiction differ from that of Courts, and what are the implications? Join our expert panel to explore the key issues and gather strategies to help you successfully handle Charter issues in your administrative tribunal cases, including:

• Best practices for raising a Charter argument, from timing to evidence and how to create an appropriate record
• What is the role of the provincial and/or federal government when Charter issues arise?
• Adjudicative versus other administrative tribunals
• When are Charter damages available? Making sense of the SCC’s decision in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator
• What issues stem from a tribunal’s lack of remedial power to make a binding declaration of unconstitutionality?

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Raj Anand, WeirFoulds LLP
Steven Barrett, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Yashoda Ranganathan, Ministry of the Attorney General

MODERATOR

Andrea Gonsalves, Stockwoods LLP

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Morgana Kellythorne, Counsel, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Jeff G. Cowan, WeirFoulds LLP