Seminar Papers 2019
November 2019
2019
A Defence of Community Amenity Contributions
During my sabbatical earlier this year I wrote a paper on community amenity contributions (“CACs”). I got a little carried away and the...
2019
Employer Disciplinary Investigations
There has been a lot of focus in the past few years on investigations of bullying and harassment complaints. However, employers are...
2019
Judicial Review: What You Need To Know
Judicial review is the mechanism by which the courts supervise those who exercise statutory powers to ensure that they do not overstep...
2019
Hot Topics in Planning Law
A review of papers delivered at past iterations of this seminar, purporting to address “hot” topics, provides some insight into our firm’s...
2019
Beyond Zoning: PDAs, DPs, Covenants ... And More
To adopt, or not to adopt, that is the question faced by a municipal council member in deciding whether to rezone land. The choice is...
2019
Open and Closed Meetings
The most important and powerful duties and functions of a municipality must be performed and exercised by its council, and an act or...
2019
Privacy and FOI Update
Quite a lot of water has gone under the bridge since our last update on privacy and freedom of information. Our goal here is to highlight...
2019
Local Government Subsidiaries
Municipalities can incorporate by using their natural person powers under section 8(1) of the Community Charter (the “Charter”). Regional...
2019
Caselaw Update and Other Legal News
Recently, there have been a number of significant legislative updates and court decisions that affect local governments. In this paper, we...