What's New
To make it easier to learn about what's new in the administrative justice field, links are provided below to some of the more significant information and documents posted elsewhere on the AJO Web site between December, 2005 and December, 2006, updated as of December 12, 2006.
Further information about these topics, ongoing initiatives, and documents listed on this page prior to December, 2005 may also be found under the various specific menu headings above.
The AJO works to generate
thoughtful consideration and debate about administrative justice
processes and possibilities for reform, to ensure that BC's
administrative justice system provides the best possible service
to the people who use and rely on it. The AJO is always interested
in hearing about events related to administrative justice
and appreciates being advised of them. The AJO can be contacted
at Contact
Information.
- What's
New in BC's Administrative Tribunal Community
- Recent
Decisions Respecting the Administrative Tribunals Act
- Recent
Decisions Respecting Issues of General Application
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The AJO is pleased to offer this section to our web site (added August, 2006). In addition to summaries of ATA-related court decisions already available on the web site, these summaries are offered to provide a more comprehensive listing of easily accessible summaries for members of the public and the tribunal community.
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Upcoming Events |
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The Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals will be holding its 4th International Conference, May 6 to 8, 2007 in Vancouver, BC.
For more information see: http://www.ccat-ctac.org/en/conferences/ |
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The BC Council of Administrative
Tribunals offers a variety of courses which can
be reviewed at: http://www.bccat.net/Courses/Schedule.asp |
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Recently Held Events |
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The Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE) hosted its annual Administrative Law Conference November 23, 2006 in Vancouver.
For more information, including a presentation by the AJO, see Continuing Legal Education Society of BC. |
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The BC Council of Administrative Tribunals hosted its 11th Annual Conference, October 23 and 24, 2006, in Richmond, BC. More information is available at: http://www.bccat.net/ |
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The National Association of Administrative Law Judges held its 32nd Annual Meeting and Educational Conference in Seattle, Washington, September 6 – 8, 2006. For more information see: http://www.walja.org/2006Conference.htm |
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The Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals held its 22nd Annual Conference between June 11 and 13, 2006 at Ottawa Congress Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The theme for the 2006 conference was The Integrated Tribunal: Concept to Reality. For more information see: http://www.ccat-ctac.org/en/conferences/ |
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Member Appraisal Seminar, May 24 & 25, 2006 |
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The Canadian Institute for the Administration of
Justice hosted a Regional Roundtable at the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver on June 2, 2006.
Judges, members of administrative tribunals, lawyers
and academics were invited to discuss the Roundtable’s
theme, “The Standard of Review & Mediation
and Dispute Resolution in the context of administrative
agencies”.
For more information on this event, please call Heather
M. MacNaughton at (604) 775-2000 or email at Heather.MacNaughton@gov.bc.ca |
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Balancing
Accountability and Independence: A Workshop for BC Government
Staff Working with Crown Agencies and Administrative
Justice Tribunals
April 19, 2006 (PDF - 17KB) |
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AJO
Workshop for Senior Tribunal Staff, November 23, 2005 |
- Administrative
Justice Reforms of Interest in Other Jurisdictions
Further information about these topics, ongoing initiatives, and documents listed on this page prior to July, 2005 may also be found under the various specific menu headings above.
To find out more about the AJO's research
activities see Publications
and Research.
To see how BC's administrative justice
reforms to date have been reflected in BC's laws, you can
visit Legislation.
To learn more about how administrative
justice reform legislation may be implemented by BC's administrative
tribunals, you can go to Tribunal
Tool Kit.
For links to other organizations
involved in administrative justice law reform, please visit Links.
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