PO210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Natural Justice
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Administrative law: it is the law that governs bureaucrats and tribunals. These include any governmental or quasi-government authority that has powers derived directly or indirectly from statute. It regulates matters such as obtaining a driver"s license, immigration issues, taxation matters, worker"s compensation claims, and landlord and tenant issues. Administrative tribunals are established to provide an impartial body that is intended to ensure that the government"s authority is exercised in a fair and non-discriminatory way. If the decision maker cannot be impartial, they can be let go or the decision can be quashed (set aside decision on review). 2) what was relationship between governing body and individual 3) did decision have important impact? (decision of knight case is that the employee should have been informed by employees, should"ve been given reason and opportunity to be heard) Not as strict with rules of procedure. Evidence can get in that shouldn"t get in (hearsay) No transcripts kept (no consistency of evidence)
