Guided path
Challenging an administrative decision
Start with institutions and administrative acts, then connect review standards, justification, fairness and the Québec and federal routes to court.
By the end of this path
Organize the questions to ask before seeking judicial review.
The syllabus
From the course Administrative Law & Judicial Review
- Structure and Organization of the Modern Administrative StateUp next25 minStep 1
Identify the institutions and the decision-maker.
- The Classification of Administrative Acts in Canadian and Quebec Law25 minStep 2
Classify the act and identify its legal effects.
- Administrative Justice in Quebec: The LJA Regime and the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec23 minStep 3
Locate administrative contestations and statutory appeals.
- Constitutional Foundations of Judicial Review in Canada25 minStep 4
Identify the basis of review.
- Standards of Review in Canadian Administrative Law24 minStep 5
Identify the standard.
- The Culture of Justification in Administrative Law28 minStep 6
Apply the demand for justification within the review framework.
- Procedural Fairness in Canadian and Quebec Administrative Law26 minStep 7
Examine the process.
- Limits on Judicial Review in Administrative Law22 minStep 8
Consider limits and alternatives.
- Judicial Review under the Code of Civil Procedure29 minStep 9
Identify the Québec procedure and its time requirements.
- Judicial Review in the Federal Courts30 minStep 10
Distinguish the federal forum and its statutory time limits.
An independently curated sequence. Every lesson also lives in its own course, and your progress is shared between the two.