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Welcome to the new QCI blog!

Welcome to the new Questions of Central Importance blog, where our lawyers will be posting about the latest and greatest cases from the world of administrative and regulatory law. This blog replaces the Stockwoods Administrative and Regulatory Law Case Review newsletter and aims to provide more timely summaries and analysis of judicial decisions for readers. For ease of reference, we have also archived entries from past editions of the newsletter as part of the blog, and included included category “tags” to make it easier for users to search for entries relating to particular administrative law topics. Happy reading!

Charter values and overlapping rights: Guerard v. The Corporation of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills, 2026 ONSC 2925

Statutory Interpretation as a Pure Question of Law for Statutory Appeals: Canada (Attorney General) v. Medline Canada Corporation, 2026 FCA 74 

Mandamus can issue without significant prejudice from delay: Benison v. Canada (Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee), 2026 FCA 53

Welcome to the new QCI blog!

Leave to Appeal Determined Before Concurrent Judicial Review: Casa Loma Residents Association v. 555 Davenport Holdings Ltd., 2024 ONSC 2297

Doré Analysis Applies to Tweets Containing Misinformation: Gill v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2024 ONSC 2588

Irreparable Harm to Regulatory Body’s Duty Can Satisfy Test for Stay Pending Judicial Review: Law Society of Ontario v. A.A., 2024 ONSC 2681

Correctness Review for Constitutional Questions of Mixed Fact and Law: Société des casinos du Québec inc. v. Association des cadres de la Société des casinos du Québec, 2024 SCC 13

Correctness review for engagement, scope, and framework for Charter rights:  York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22

Lower courts lagging in considering Charter values in reasonableness review: New Blue Ontario Fund v. Ontario (Chief Electoral Officer), 2024 ONSC 1048

A Request for Bids is Not Subject to Judicial Review Where There Are Adequate Alternative Remedies: Thales DIS Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Transportation), 2023 ONCA 866

Limits of what can be challenged on a compliance application: *College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Kilian,* 2024 ONCA 52

Disguised Correctness Review for Cabinet Confidences?: Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4

Statutory appeal provisions do not limit judicial review on issues outside their scope: Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2024 SCC 8