Paul Daly
@pauldalyesq.bsky.social
Professor of Administrative Law & Governance, University of Ottawa
Delighted that the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal in Democracy Watch this morning.
decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
I am looking forward to representing Democracy Watch on the appeal along with Sujit Choudhry!
decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
I am looking forward to representing Democracy Watch on the appeal along with Sujit Choudhry!
Judgments on Leave Applications - SCC Cases
decisions.scc-csc.ca
May 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Delighted that the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal in Democracy Watch this morning.
decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
I am looking forward to representing Democracy Watch on the appeal along with Sujit Choudhry!
decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
I am looking forward to representing Democracy Watch on the appeal along with Sujit Choudhry!
Some thoughts here on whether the Commission’s decision is legally defensible. It certainly considered the effect on Charter rights but perhaps could and should have said more:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/04...
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/04...
April 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Some thoughts here on whether the Commission’s decision is legally defensible. It certainly considered the effect on Charter rights but perhaps could and should have said more:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/04...
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/04...
An interesting day at the office beckons for the Federal Court duty judge…
Green Party disqualified from leaders debate, commission rules. www.debates-debats.ca/en/news/2025...
Leaders’ Debates Commission issues decision on the Green Party of Canada | Leaders' Debates Commission
www.debates-debats.ca
April 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An interesting day at the office beckons for the Federal Court duty judge…
Is there any other jurisdiction where issues like this are decided in a matter of days without oral argument on the so-called shadow docket?
Even if the Trump administration has respectable arguments in some of these cases, the process is surely ill-suited to the resolution of complex legal issues
Even if the Trump administration has respectable arguments in some of these cases, the process is surely ill-suited to the resolution of complex legal issues
I see we're dispensing with standing analysis in two sentences now.
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is there any other jurisdiction where issues like this are decided in a matter of days without oral argument on the so-called shadow docket?
Even if the Trump administration has respectable arguments in some of these cases, the process is surely ill-suited to the resolution of complex legal issues
Even if the Trump administration has respectable arguments in some of these cases, the process is surely ill-suited to the resolution of complex legal issues
Against the backdrop of a tariff war with the US, Canadian courts have been asked to consider whether proroguing Parliament at such a critical period was lawful.
In my view, the courts will not intervene on this occasion, grave and all as it is:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
In my view, the courts will not intervene on this occasion, grave and all as it is:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Some Thoughts on the Prorogation Case, MacKinnon v. Canada
In previous posts, I mused about the possibility of a challenge to Prime Minister Trudeau’s advice to the Governor General to prorogue Parliament from January 6 to March 24 of this year. There is now ...
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February 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Against the backdrop of a tariff war with the US, Canadian courts have been asked to consider whether proroguing Parliament at such a critical period was lawful.
In my view, the courts will not intervene on this occasion, grave and all as it is:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
In my view, the courts will not intervene on this occasion, grave and all as it is:
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Looking forward to this event this evening!
Here is why I think the legal challenge to the Trudeau prorogation will fail: www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Lots of interesting questions about jurisdiction, justiciability, unwritten constitutional principles and deference.
Here is why I think the legal challenge to the Trudeau prorogation will fail: www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Lots of interesting questions about jurisdiction, justiciability, unwritten constitutional principles and deference.
February 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Looking forward to this event this evening!
Here is why I think the legal challenge to the Trudeau prorogation will fail: www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Lots of interesting questions about jurisdiction, justiciability, unwritten constitutional principles and deference.
Here is why I think the legal challenge to the Trudeau prorogation will fail: www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/02...
Lots of interesting questions about jurisdiction, justiciability, unwritten constitutional principles and deference.
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No “own motion” duty in discretion fettering cases administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/n...
No “own motion” duty in discretion fettering cases
The classic formulation of the non-fettering principle comes from the famous British Oxygen Co case. In the words of Lord Reid, there is a “general rule” that “anyone who has to exercise a statutor…
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
No “own motion” duty in discretion fettering cases administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/n...
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Over the course of this week the @ukcla.bsky.social will publish the fantastic contributions to an event I organised in July last year. Below you can find my introduction to the series. I will use this thread to highlight the individual posts. It should be of interest not just to lawyers, but to /1
Paolo Sandro: The Rule of Guidance? Blog Series Introduction ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/01/27/p...
Paolo Sandro: The Rule of Guidance? Blog Series Introduction
Introduction The conference ‘The Rule of Guidance?’, funded by a Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship, was held in July 2024 at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in London. The conference’s …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Over the course of this week the @ukcla.bsky.social will publish the fantastic contributions to an event I organised in July last year. Below you can find my introduction to the series. I will use this thread to highlight the individual posts. It should be of interest not just to lawyers, but to /1
Excellent overview of the prorogation litigation here!
New from me at @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Are there limits to the prime minister’s power to prorogue Parliament? #cdnlaw #cdnpoli
With thanks to @plagasse.bsky.social and @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
With thanks to @plagasse.bsky.social and @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
Are there limits to the prime minister’s power to prorogue Parliament?
Federal Court fast-tracks legal challenge of decision to hit pause until March, which brings novel questions
nationalmagazine.ca
January 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Excellent overview of the prorogation litigation here!
Prorogation litigation update 🚨
A rare Saturday decision from the Federal Court granting the applicants’ motion to expedite.
February 13-14 are the hearing dates for the challenge to the lawfulness of the Trudeau prorogation.
Impressive speed from Crampton CJ!
cdn.cyberimpact.com/clients/4235...
A rare Saturday decision from the Federal Court granting the applicants’ motion to expedite.
February 13-14 are the hearing dates for the challenge to the lawfulness of the Trudeau prorogation.
Impressive speed from Crampton CJ!
cdn.cyberimpact.com/clients/4235...
cdn.cyberimpact.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Prorogation litigation update 🚨
A rare Saturday decision from the Federal Court granting the applicants’ motion to expedite.
February 13-14 are the hearing dates for the challenge to the lawfulness of the Trudeau prorogation.
Impressive speed from Crampton CJ!
cdn.cyberimpact.com/clients/4235...
A rare Saturday decision from the Federal Court granting the applicants’ motion to expedite.
February 13-14 are the hearing dates for the challenge to the lawfulness of the Trudeau prorogation.
Impressive speed from Crampton CJ!
cdn.cyberimpact.com/clients/4235...
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Are today’s courts bastions of principle in a turbulent world, or staffed by unelected philosopher kings out of touch with the concerns of ordinary citizens?
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
January 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Are today’s courts bastions of principle in a turbulent world, or staffed by unelected philosopher kings out of touch with the concerns of ordinary citizens?
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
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On Feb 26th, @tricondublin.bsky.social Director - Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social - will contribute to this hybrid seminar series on ‘The Legitimacy of Judicial Review’ organised by Prof @pauldalyesq.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social
Are today’s courts bastions of principle in a turbulent world, or staffed by unelected philosopher kings out of touch with the concerns of ordinary citizens?
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
January 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On Feb 26th, @tricondublin.bsky.social Director - Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social - will contribute to this hybrid seminar series on ‘The Legitimacy of Judicial Review’ organised by Prof @pauldalyesq.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social
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Happy to say registration for this year’s online Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Justifying Judicial Review” is now open.
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
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Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
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Administrative Law Colloquium 2025
Join us at the Administrative Law Colloquium 2025 for engaging discussions and insights on current legal issues!
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January 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy to say registration for this year’s online Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Justifying Judicial Review” is now open.
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
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Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
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This year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium is not to be missed ⬇️
Happy to say registration for this year’s online Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Justifying Judicial Review” is now open.
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
Administrative Law Colloquium 2025
Join us at the Administrative Law Colloquium 2025 for engaging discussions and insights on current legal issues!
www.eventbrite.ca
January 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium is not to be missed ⬇️
Are today’s courts bastions of principle in a turbulent world, or staffed by unelected philosopher kings out of touch with the concerns of ordinary citizens?
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
January 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Are today’s courts bastions of principle in a turbulent world, or staffed by unelected philosopher kings out of touch with the concerns of ordinary citizens?
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
That’s the theme of this series: I’m looking forward to diving in and hope you can join us.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/08...
Happy to say registration for this year’s online Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Justifying Judicial Review” is now open.
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
Administrative Law Colloquium 2025
Join us at the Administrative Law Colloquium 2025 for engaging discussions and insights on current legal issues!
www.eventbrite.ca
January 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy to say registration for this year’s online Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on “Justifying Judicial Review” is now open.
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
Featuring: Jason Allen, Paolo Sandro, Roberto Gargarella, Aileen Kavanagh, Rosalind Dixon and Cora Chan.
Sign up below!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/administra...
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After Justin Trudeau's announcement that 🇨🇦 Parliament would be prorogued until March 24, a judicial review application was filed challenging the prorogation.
VANESSA MACDONNELL (vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social) on what we know about the legal challenge so far.
verfassungsblog.de/canada-proro...
VANESSA MACDONNELL (vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social) on what we know about the legal challenge so far.
verfassungsblog.de/canada-proro...
January 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
After Justin Trudeau's announcement that 🇨🇦 Parliament would be prorogued until March 24, a judicial review application was filed challenging the prorogation.
VANESSA MACDONNELL (vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social) on what we know about the legal challenge so far.
verfassungsblog.de/canada-proro...
VANESSA MACDONNELL (vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social) on what we know about the legal challenge so far.
verfassungsblog.de/canada-proro...
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🎉 We’re excited to celebrate the achievements of our faculty members who were honoured in the #2024Clawbies the Canadian Law Blog Awards recognizing the best online Canadian legal content from the past year. 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4hbOflf
@jcyliew.bsky.social @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
Learn more: bit.ly/4hbOflf
@jcyliew.bsky.social @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 We’re excited to celebrate the achievements of our faculty members who were honoured in the #2024Clawbies the Canadian Law Blog Awards recognizing the best online Canadian legal content from the past year. 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4hbOflf
@jcyliew.bsky.social @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
Learn more: bit.ly/4hbOflf
@jcyliew.bsky.social @pauldalyesq.bsky.social
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And there is a court challenge to yesterday’s prorogation:
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
Canadians challenge Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament: "no reasonable justification" | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is providing lawyers on an urgent basis to two Canadians, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, seeking a Federal Court declaration that Prime Mini...
www.jccf.ca
January 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And there is a court challenge to yesterday’s prorogation:
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
And there is a court challenge to yesterday’s prorogation:
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
Canadians challenge Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament: "no reasonable justification" | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is providing lawyers on an urgent basis to two Canadians, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, seeking a Federal Court declaration that Prime Mini...
www.jccf.ca
January 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And there is a court challenge to yesterday’s prorogation:
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
www.jccf.ca/canadians-ch...
Notably the applicants make an effort to cast their challenge in terms of the principles set out by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in striking down Boris Johnson’s prorogation in the Miller 2 decision.
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NEW POST: A valid prorogation, however unusual. emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/a-valid-pr...
A valid prorogation, however unusual
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resigning as leader of the Liberal Party and has requested and been granted a prorogation of Parliament until March 24th.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW POST: A valid prorogation, however unusual. emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/a-valid-pr...
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Parliament has now been prorogued. A few thoughts on the prorogation discussion involving @pauldalyesq.bsky.social, @plagasse.bsky.social, and @doubleaspect.blog on (1) the facts around the prorogation, (2) a possible legal challenge, and (3) the persuasiveness of the UK decision in Miller II. 1/n
January 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Parliament has now been prorogued. A few thoughts on the prorogation discussion involving @pauldalyesq.bsky.social, @plagasse.bsky.social, and @doubleaspect.blog on (1) the facts around the prorogation, (2) a possible legal challenge, and (3) the persuasiveness of the UK decision in Miller II. 1/n
Given the PM’s announcement this morning, emphasizing (1) the paralyzed Parliament, (2) deadlock over privilege, (3) an imminent confidence vote on March 28 and (4) the need for an orderly leadership contest, I don’t think any court challenge would be successful.
My post is mostly a response to @pauldalyesq.bsky.social, whose take on this (www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...) you should definitely read. And see also @plagasse.bsky.social: lagassep.substack.com/p/a-question....
Could a Trudeau Prorogation be Challenged in Court?
There is an end-of-days feeling around Ottawa at the moment. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, it seems, is not long for this (political world). He leads a minority administration and, though he has gove...
www.administrativelawmatters.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Given the PM’s announcement this morning, emphasizing (1) the paralyzed Parliament, (2) deadlock over privilege, (3) an imminent confidence vote on March 28 and (4) the need for an orderly leadership contest, I don’t think any court challenge would be successful.
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New blog post: there are serious legal impediments to courts invalidating an eventual prorogation of the Canadian Parliament. Whether it will stop the (not good chap) judges is another matter. doubleaspect.blog/2025/01/04/g...
Going (Pro)Rogue
Does the law limit the Prime Minister’s power to prorogue Parliament? Would the courts say so?
doubleaspect.blog
January 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New blog post: there are serious legal impediments to courts invalidating an eventual prorogation of the Canadian Parliament. Whether it will stop the (not good chap) judges is another matter. doubleaspect.blog/2025/01/04/g...
Could a Trudeau prorogation be challenged in court?
Quite likely and, depending on the circumstances, potentially quite plausible.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...
Quite likely and, depending on the circumstances, potentially quite plausible.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...
Could a Trudeau Prorogation be Challenged in Court?
There is an end-of-days feeling around Ottawa at the moment. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, it seems, is not long for this (political world). He leads a minority administration and, though he has gove...
www.administrativelawmatters.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Could a Trudeau prorogation be challenged in court?
Quite likely and, depending on the circumstances, potentially quite plausible.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...
Quite likely and, depending on the circumstances, potentially quite plausible.
www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...