Active Adjudication or Entering the Arena: How Much is Too Much?

Publication/
Oct 6, 2014
Share
Share with your friends and colleagues
Pick one or more destinations:

Originally published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law & Practice - Volume 24.

Administrative proceedings are generally more flexible, accessible, expeditious and informal than court proceedings. As part of the delivery of administrative justice, decision-makers may adopt streamlined proceedings, and engage the parties more directly than judges. As a result, an important issue in the area of administrative law is the limit on “active adjudication”—at what point will the interventions by or participation of an adjudicator be seen as descending into the arena and com-promising the fairness of a proceeding? The major concerns are adjudicator con-duct raising a reasonable apprehension of bias, based on the appearance of taking the “side” of one of the parties, or prejudging facts, evidence or credibility.

Related Publications

Publication/6 October 2014

Special Evidentiary Issues in Administrative Law

"Special Evidentiary Issues in Administrative Law," 31 The Advocates Journal, No. 3, p. 20 (2012)
Publication/6 October 2014

Advocacy Before Administrative Tribunals

"Advocacy Before Administrative Tribunals", co-author with Leslie McIntosh, chapter in book edited by L. Sossin and C. Flood,  Administrative Law...
Publication/6 October 2014

Hot Tubs and Concurrent Evidence: Improving Administrative Proceedings, 25 Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice 79 (2012)

Hot Tubs and Concurrent Evidence: Improving Administrative Proceedings, 25 Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice 79 (2012)