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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!

The constitutional guarantee of legality review: Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 SCC 28

“Clean Hands” doctrine as basis to withhold remedy, not jurisdictional bar to conducting JR: Benson v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2026 FC 839

Courts’ discretion to refuse to hear judicial review on equitable grounds is narrow: Sierra Club Canada Foundation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2026 FCA 110

Lengthy reasons not necessary for a decision to be reasonable: Oleynik v Canada (Attorney General), 2026 FC 657

Approval unreasonable if Minister does not interpret the statute, even if decision itself may be defensible: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 FCA 106

Reasonableness may apply when the level of procedural fairness is a matter of statutory interpretation: Cespedes Leon v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2026 FC 669

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