Category: Civil Procedure & Dispute Resolution

The Eye of the Beholder: Professional Opinions about the Best Interests of a Child

Noel Semple

(2011) Family Court Review, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 760-775 (Peer-reviewed).

Full text online, SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1327485

This paper is is based on my LL.M thesis, which I successfully defended on June 10, 2009.  The Below, please find short and long versions of the thesis, as well as a 15 minute video presentation.

The Eye of the Beholder from Noel Semple on Vimeo.

Thesis (30k words)

Short Version (8500 words)

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Judicial Review in the Federal Courts: A How-To Guide.

Noel Semple

with Freya Kristjanson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

Prepared for the Ontario Legal Clinics Conference, this is a summary of the procedure and substance of Federal Court judicial review of administrative decisions. This paper was written with a legal clinic audience in mind, and pays particular attention to the federally-reviewed tribunals which clinic workers are most likely to deal with.

Judicial Review in the Federal Courts: A How-To Guide

The Case for Tribunal Standing in Canada

Noel Semple

(2007) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 305-323.

“Judicial Review” means a court reviewing a decision made by an administrative tribunal. When judicial review occurs, should the tribunal be allowed to send a lawyer to court to defend its decision? I think it generally should, and this article explains why.

Found online here: The Case for Tribunal Standing in Canada

Cited by the Alberta Court of Appeal in Leon’s Furniture Limited v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 ABCA 94, at para 25.