Administrative Law – What Justice Lawyers Should Know (016022)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

3 hours (French session over 2 days)

Audience

Legal Professionnals

Description

French session over 2 days

• November 8, 2023 (10:00am - 11:30am ET)
• November 9, 2023 (10:00am - 11:30am ET)

This course will enable participants to review the fundamental principles of administrative law, to appreciate their rationales, and to understand how they interact. For more information, see the list of topics below. 

Topics covered

• Overview of administrative law
• Sources and types of administrative decision-making authority
• Exercising discretionary power
• Delegation of authority
• The rule of functus officio
• Principles of procedural fairness: applicability and content
• Available remedies, especially judicial review

Presented by the Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section in collaboration with the Legal Practices Policy Division (LPPD)

For information about the continuing professional development (CPD) hours for this course, please consult the 2024 Accreditation Summary.

Click here for the 2023 Accreditation Summary.

If you have questions, please contact the accreditation team by email (Accreditations@justice.gc.ca).