administrative law

Court of Appeal Decision on Privacy Process Likely to Have Significant Impact on Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner

February 22, 2010 22:37

Case considered: Alberta Teachers’ Association v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2010 ABCA 26 PDF version:  Court of Appeal Decision on Privacy Process Likely to Have Significant Impact on Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner In a rare move, the Alberta Information ...

Dan Michaluk

Dan Michaluk
February 13, 2010 02:10

On February 8th, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed an order by the Public Service Staff Relations Board because it accepted a consent order between a union and several employers that required the employers to disclose employee home addresses and telephone numbers to the union. The Board held that...

Dan Michaluk

Dan Michaluk
February 09, 2010 01:16

On January 27th, the British Columbia Supreme Court denied a request for an order requiring an online contact lens and eyeglass business to disclose the identity of an eye care professional it employs. The College sought the identity of the registrant who worked for the respondents (affiliated...

Dan Michaluk

Dan Michaluk
February 06, 2010 10:55

On January 27th, a majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the time limit for completing an inquiry or giving notification of a time extension in Alberta PIPA is mandatory, but that non-compliance does not necessarily result in a loss of jurisdiction. Section 50(5) of Alberta PIPA...

Criminal Lawyers Associations Ends Boycott against Legal Aid Ontario

Pei-Shing Wang
January 24, 2010 23:11

The Criminal Lawyers Association, which has been boycotting against Legal Aid Ontario since June of 2009 to protest the hourly rate, has announced that they have reached an agreement with the Province. Legal Aid will beincreasing the hourly tariff for about 5% a year for the next few years. The...