ADMJ 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Via Rail
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Ministers are liable for actions of the administrative body. Delegation by government to a crown corporation. They have powers that the province has delegated to them. For example creation by university of toronto act. These agencies can apply common law principles, but they are not bound by it because they are bound by their own statute. They cannot just put their enabling statute aside. For example, baker sets the rules for procedural fairness, which shows the applicability of common law principles on admin tribunals. Also these independent administrative agencies are more fact driven and do not really rely on other decisions of admin tribunals. For example, john"s deportation may be different from jane"s deportation. Impartiality/the independence accorded to the independent agencies. Courts take a lot of time, expensive, and a lot of procedures. Not bound by strict rules of evidence like courts. People believe that they have certain rights, when they are actually benefits are.
