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Types of Judicial Review Applications
Applications for judicial review can seek a variety of remedies. Two are most common:
Compel Action
If you have been waiting for a government decision longer than the normal processing time or the government is refusing to do something you have requested, we can bring an application for judicial review seeking to compel the government to act.
Overturn a Decision
If a government agency denies an application you made, or a tribunal rules against you, we can bring an application for judicial review seeking to overturn the decision.
Reviewable Decision Makers
Applications for judicial review can be brought regarding the actions, inaction, or decisions of almost any government agency or body:
- Any cabinet minister
- Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
- Canada Energy Regulator
- Canada Industrial Relations Board
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
- Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
- Canadian Dairy Commission
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Canadian Forces Grievance Board
- Canadian Grain Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal
- Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissior
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Canadian Transportation Agency
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
- Commissioner of Patents
- Competition Tribunal
- Copyright Board of Canada
- Commissioner of Official Languages
- Commissioner of Review Tribunals (CPP/OAS)
- Competition Bureau
- Competition Tribunal
- Copyright Board Canada
- Correctional Service Canada
- Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada
- Federal Commission of Inquiry
- Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board
- Immigration and Refugee Board
- Immigration Visa Officer
- Indian Claims Commission
- Information Commissioner of Canada
- Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
- Labour Arbitration Awards
- Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
- National Energy Board
- National Parole Board
- Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada
- Pay Equity Commissioner
- Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
- Pension Appeals Board
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal
- Public Service Commission Appeal Board
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- Public Service Staff Relations Board
- RCMP External Review Committee
- Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund
- Social Security Tribunal of Canada
- Specific Claims Tribunal Canada
- Trademarks Opposition Board
- Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Veterans Review and Appeal Board Canada
Grounds for Review
An application can be based on any of the following issues:
- Charter violations
- Failure to grapple with arguments made
- Failure to account for evidence
- Statutory interpretation errors
- Logical errors
- Irrational chain of analysis
- Departure from past practice or precedents
- Reliance on policy rather than law
- Unreasonable delay
- Procedural unfairness