AN INTRODUCTION TO TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS

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1. Dominant Features of Administrative Justice and Tribunal Proceedings

1.9 Appropriate Rules of Evidence

Administrative tribunals have always been governed by a system of evidence that is adjusted to administrative justice in particular. The Supreme Court recognized this in Université du Québec v. Larocque ([1993] 1 S.C.R. 471, 485): "the rule of autonomy in administrative procedure and evidence, widely acknowledged in administrative law."

These rules of evidence are based on the principles of natural justice but are not as homogeneous as those applying to courts of law. Their sources are more varied. Moreover, each tribunal has a great deal of independence under its Act and Regulations to adapt the contents of these rules to the context.

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