CPD 435 – Navigating the New Landscape: Administrative Law Practice After Vavilov

Recorded: 2025-10-22
Qualifies for 5 CPD Hours.

This intensive one-day program addresses the transformative impact of the Supreme Court’s landmark Vavilov decision on administrative law practice and provides practical guidance for navigating the evolving legal landscape. Administrative law expert Mark Mancini will deliver a keynote address focused on statutory interpretation, exploring how the Supreme Court has massaged and modified the Rizzo framework in recent years, emphasizing the role of statutory text. He will connect these developments to administrative law.

Sessions:

• Keynote
• Statutory Appeals: Where Did Vavilov Leave Us, What Do We Know Now, and What Issues Remain Undecided?
• Procedural Complexities and Clarifications on Emerging Issues
• The Who, What and When of Constitutional Matters Before Administrative Decision-Makers
• Fireside Chat with The Honourable Justice Meghan McCreary of the Court of Appeal

This seminar is essential for administrative lawyers, government counsel, tribunal representatives, and legal practitioners who regularly appear before Saskatchewan’s administrative bodies. Participants will have networking opportunities, the chance to ask questions of a Court of Appeal Justice, and will leave with practical tools, updated legal knowledge, and strategic insights to enhance their administrative law practice.

Keynote:
Mark Mancini, Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law

Presenters:
The Honourable Justice Meghan McCreary, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
Bryan Salte, K.C., College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan 
David Stack, K.C., University of Saskatchewan, Office of General Counsel
Lauren Wihak, K.C., McDougall Gauley LLP
Benjamin Ralston, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law

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