Administrative Law

Administrative Law

Administrative law is one of the primary areas of public law dealing with the relationship between the government and the general public. Administrative law ensures that government actions are authorized by parliament or by provincial legislature. It also ensures that laws are implemented and administered in a fair and reasonable manner to the public.

Administrative law is based on the principle that government actions must be legal, and that the general public who are affected by the unlawful act of the government or its agents must have effective remedies. A strong administrative law system helps maintain public confidence in the government.

Administrative Law ensures procedural fairness, prinicple of natural justice, right to be heard and the right to be represented at a procceding to its public. There are over 500 provincial boards, agencies, and commissions in Ontario. Some of the types of applications heard under Administrative Law are; Admissibility Hearing, Immigration Appeals, Refugee Claims by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Lawyers who are licensed from their Canadian Provincial or Territorial Law Societies, Quebec Notaries, Licensed Paralegal from Law Society of Ontario, or a Citizenship or immigration consultant from CICC are authorized to represent clients at IRB.