Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1988), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181, "Guess Who's Coming to Visit?" (Comment), (1988) 89 N.B.R.(2d) 89

• Case Date: January 01, 1988
• Jurisdiction: New Brunswick
• Citations: (1988), 89 N.B.R.(2d) 89

Forestell v. UNB (Comment) (1988), 89 N.B.R.(2d) 89;

    89 R.N.-B.(2e) 89; 226 A.P.R. 89

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Case Comment

Forestell v. University of New Brunswick ((1988), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181)

"Guess Who's Coming To Visit?"

Indexed As: Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1988), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181, "Guess Who's Coming to Visit?" (Comment)

University of New Brunswick

Faculty of Law

Edward Veitch

March 1988.

Summary:

Forestell was elected by the University of New Brunswick Student Union to sit on the Board of Governors of the University. Subsequently the Board rendered a decision which purported to vacate Forestell's right to sit as a member of the board. She applied for judicial review.

The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Trial Division, in a decision reported 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181, dismissed her application, holding that the matter was within the jurisdiction of the Visitor of the University of New Brunswick.

Subsequently the Visitor allowed Forestell's application to set aside the decision of the Board of Governors to remove her from office. The Visitor ordered that she be reinstated as a member of the Board with all the rights and privileges of the position (89 N.B.R.(2d) 1; 226 A.P.R. 1).

In the following case comment the commentator, Edward Veitch, discussed issues pertinent to the role of the Visitor and refers to numerous cases and legal writings on the subject of Visitors.

Editor's note: Please note that under present policy only judgments of the courts are translated; therefore, the case comment below is published in English only.

For another recent decision of the University of New Brunswick Visitor - See Teng v. University of New Brunswick (1986), 87 N.B.R.(2d) 74; 221 A.P.R. 74.

Education - Topic 4561

Universities - The university visitor - General - The University of New Brunswick Act provided that the Lieutenant Governor of the Province would act as Visitor for the University - In a case comment on Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1987), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181, a commentator reviewed issues pertinent to the role of the visitor and referred to numerous cases and legal writings on the subject of visitors - The commentator discussed, inter alia, the jurisdiction of the visitor and whether the office of the visitor should be maintained.

Education - Topic 4561

Universities - The university visitor - General - The University of New Brunswick Act provided that the Lieutenant Governor of the Province would act as Visitor for the University - The legislation governing two other New Brunswick universities (Mount Allison University and Université de Moncton) was silent as to powers of visitation - A commentator raised the issue of whether the powers of visitation vested in the Lieutenant Governor with respect to these two universities, notwithstanding the silence of the governing statutes - See paragraph 12.

Education - Topic 4565

Universities - The university visitor - Jurisdiction - The University of New Brunswick Act provided that the Lieutenant Governor of the Province would act as Visitor for the University - In a case comment on Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1987), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181, a commentator discussed, inter alia, the jurisdiction of the University Visitor.

Cases Noticed:

Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1988), 84 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 214 A.P.R. 181 (Q.B.), consd. [para. 1, footnote 1].

Forestell v. University of New Brunswick (1988), 89 N.B.R.(2d) 1; 226 A.P.R. 1 (Visitor), refd to. [para. 1, footnote 1].

Tracy v. University of New Brunswick (1987), 80 N.B.R.(2d) 344; 202 A.P.R. 344 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 1, footnote 1; para. 27, footnote 50].

University of New Brunswick Student Union Incorporated et al. v. Smith (S.) et al.; University of New Brunswick Student Union Incorporated et al. v. Vaillancourt et al. (1988), 81 N.B.R.(2d) 397; 205 A.P.R. 397 (Q.B.), affd. 84 N.B.R.(2d) 292; 214 A.P.R. 292 (C.A.), consd. [para. 1, footnote 1; para. 24, footnote 40].

In re Jacob (1861), 10 N.B.R. 153 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 1, footnote 3; para. 3, footnotes 7 and 9; para. 13, footnote 16].

Thompson v. University of London (1864), 33 L.J. (Ch.) 625, refd to. [para. 3, footnote 5; para. 14, footnote 19].

Green v. Rutherforth (1750), 27 E.R. 1144, refd to. [para. 3, footnote 6, para. 14, footnote 23].

In re the University Act, [1920] 2 W.W.R. 827 (Sask. Q.B.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 7].

Thomas v. University of Bradford, [1987] 1 All E.R. 834; 71 N.R. 294 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 7; para. 23, footnote 37].

Thorne v. University of London, [1966] 2 Q.B. 237, refd to. [para. 3, footnote 8].

King v. University of Saskatchewan, [1969] S.C.R. 678; 6 D.L.R.(3d) 120, refd to. [para. 3, footnotes 8 and 9; para. 15, footnote 27; para. 26, footnote 15].

Herring v. Templeman, [1973] 2 All E.R. 581 (Ch.), affd. [1973] 3 All E.R. 569 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 8].

Patel v. University of Bradford, [1978] 1 W.L.R. 1488; [1978] 3 All E.R. 841 (Ch.), affd. [1979] 1 W.L.R. 1066; [1979] 2 All E.R. 382 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 8; para. 17, footnote 33].

Prokopchuk v. University of Saskatchewan (1985), 39 Sask. R. 124 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 8; para. 15, footnote 27].

Blasser v. Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (1986), 24 D.L.R.(4th) 507 (Que. C.A.), refd to. [para. 3, footnotes 8 and 9; para. 26, footnote 45].

Re McInnes and Simon Fraser University (1983), 140 D.L.R.(3d) 694, affd. (1984), 3 D.L.R.(4th) 709 (B.C.C.A.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 9].

Re Bilson and University of Saskatchewan (1983), 148 D.L.R.(3d) 751 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 9].

Re Ruiperez and Lakehead University (1983), 147 D.L.R.(3d) 375 (B.C. S.C.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 9].

Harelkin v. University of Regina, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 561; 26 N.R. 364, refd to. [para. 3, footnote 10].

Doane v. Mount Saint Vincent University (1977), 24 N.S.R.(2d) 298; 35 A.P.R. 298; 74 D.L.R.(3d) 297 (S.C. T.D.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 10].

McBeth v. Dalhousie University (1986), 72 N.S.R.(2d) 224; 173 A.P.R. 224; 26 D.L.R.(4th) 321 (N.S.C.A.), refd to. [para. 3, footnote 10].

R. v. St. Catherine's Hall, 4 T.R. 233, refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14].

Attorney General v. Talbot (1747), 26 E.R. 1181, refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14].

Ex Parte Jacob (1861), 10 N.B.R. 153, refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14].

Weir v. Mathieson (1866), 3 E. & A. 123 (Ont.), refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14].

In re University of Saskatchewan, [1920] 2 W.W.R. 823 (Sask. C.A.), refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14].

R. v. University of Aston, [1969] 2 Q.B. 538 (Ch.), refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14; para. 15, footnote 25].

Re Polten and University of Toronto (1975), 8 O.R.(2d) 271; 59 D.L.R.(3d) 197, refd to. [para. 12, footnote 14; para. 15, footnote 27].

Jeffrey et al. v. Université de Moncton (No. 2) (1985), 62 N.B.R.(2d) 413; 161 A.P.R. 413 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 12, footnote 15].

Casson v. University of Aston, [1983] 1 All E.R. 88 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 14, footnote 20; para. 24, footnote 39].

Langlois v. Rector of Laval University (1974), 47 D.L.R.(3d) 674 (Que. C.A.), refd to. [para. 14, footnote 21].

Blasser v. Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, [1985] Que. S.C. 530, affd. (1986), 24 D.L.R.(4th) 507 (C.A.), cert. denied (1986), 67 N.R. 399 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 25].

Glynn v. Keele University, [1971] 1 W.L.R. 487 (Ch.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 26; para. 16, footnote 32].

Re Elliot and the University of Alberta (1973), 37 D.L.R.(3d) 197 (Alta. S.C.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 28].

Kane v. Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1105; 31 N.R. 214, refd to. [para. 15, footnote 28].

Re Paine and the University of Toronto (1981), 131 D.L.R.(3d) 325 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 28].

R. v. Warden of All Souls College (1682), 84 E.R. 1203, refd to. [para. 16, footnote 29].

R. v. Bishop of Lincoln (1785), 100 E.R. 157, refd to. [para. 16, footnote 31].

R. v. Bishop of Ely (1794), 101 E.R. 367, refd to. [para. 16, footnote 31].

Dr. Patrick's Case (1662), 83 E.R. 299, refd to. [para. 16, footnote 32].

Re Schabus and the University of Toronto (1972), 52 D.L.R.(3d) 49 (Ont.), refd to. [para. 16, footnote 32].

Re Bennett and Wilfrid Laurier University (1983), 43 O.R.(2d) 123, affd. (1984), 48 O.R.(2d) 122 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 16, footnote 32].

Thomas v. University of Bradford, [1986] 1 All E.R. 217 (C.A.), affd. [1987] 1 All E.R. 834 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 17, footnote 33].

Re Vanek and Governors of the University of Alberta (1975), 57 D.L.R.(3d) 595 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 18, footnote 34].

Chicoine v. Ryerson Poly. Inst. (1985), 15 Admin. L.R. 115 (Ont.), refd to. [para. 18, footnote 34].

Boon v. Newbound and Governors of the University of Alberta (1983), 50 A.R. 210; 29 Alta. L.R.(2d) 131 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 24, footnote 38].

Lavoie v. University of Ottawa (1986), 12 O.A.C. 317; 27 D.L.R.(4th) 763 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 24, footnote 38].

Re Bezeau and O.I.S.E. (1982), 134 D.L.R.(3d) 99 (Ont. Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 24, footnote 39].

Orr v. University of Tasmania (1957), 100 C.L.R. 526 (H. Ct. Aust.), refd to. [para. 24, footnote 40].

St. Anne-Nackawic Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. v. Canadian Paperworkers Union, Local 219, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 704; 68 N.R. 112; 73 N.B.R.(2d) 236; 184 A.P.R. 236; 28 D.L.R.(4th) 1 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 25, footnote 42].

Waddell, Re; University of New Brunswick v. Association of New Brunswick Teachers (No. 3) (1984), 55 N.B.R.(2d) 240; 144 A.P.R. 240 (Bd. of Arbitn.), refd to. [para. 25, footnote 43].

Kuun v. University of New Brunswick (1984), 53 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 138 A.P.R. 181, affd. (1984), 56 N.B.R.(2d) 430; 146 A.P.R. 430 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 25, footnote 43].

Re Webb and Simon Fraser University (1978), 83 D.L.R.(3d) 244 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 26, footnote 47].

Bancroft v. University of Toronto (1986), 24 D.L.R.(4th) 620 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 47, footnote 48].

Re McKinney and the University of Guelph (1987), 32 D.L.R.(4th) 65 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 47, footnote 48].

Harrison v. University of British Columbia (1987), 30 D.L.R.(4th) 206 (B.C.S.C.), affd. [1988] 2 W.W.R. 688 (B.C.C.A.), refd to. [para. 47, footnote 48].

Douglas/Kiwanthen Faculty Association v. Douglas College, [1988] 2 W.W.R. 718 (B.C.C.A.), refd to. [para. 27, footnote 49].

Garba v. University of Maiduguri, [1987] L.R.C. 413 (Sup. Ct. Nigeria), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 51].

Statutes Noticed:

Universities Amendment Act, S.A. 1976, c. 88 [para. 23, footnote 36].

University of New Brunswick, An Act to Establish the, S.N.B. 1859, c. 63, sect. 6 [para. 2, footnote 4].

University of New Brunswick Act, S.N.B. 1984, c. 40, sect. 17(1), sect. 17(2) [paras. 2, 11].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Bridge, Keeping Peace in the Universities (1970), 86 L.Q.Rev. 531 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Fridman, Judicial Intervention into Universities' Affairs (1973), 21 Chittys L.J. 181 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Lewis, The Legal Nature of a University (1983), 15 Ottawa L. Rev. 249 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Lewis, Procedural Fairness and University Students (1985), 9 Dal. L.J. 313 [para. 10, footnote 12].

McConnell, The Errant Professoriate: An Inquiry into Academic Due Process (1973), 37 Sask. L.Rev. 250 [para. 10, footnote 12; para. 23, footnote 37].

Ouellette, Le contrôle judiciaire sur l'université (1970), 48 Can. Bar Rev. 631 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Riquier, The University Visitor (1978), 4 Dal. L.J. 647 [para. 10, footnote 12; para. 26, footnote 44].

Samuels, The Student and the Law (1973), 12 J.S.P.T.L. 252 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Smith, The Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Visitor (1981), 97 L.Q.Rev. 610 [para. 10, footnote 12].

Smith, Visitation of the University: - A Ghost from the Past (1986), 136 N.L.J. 484, pp. 484 [para. 3, footnote 11]; 519, 567, 665 [para. 10, footnote 12]; 567 [para. 10, footnote 12; para. 14, footnote 22]; 569 [para. 4, footnote 24]; 570 [para. 19, footnote 35].

Counsel:

This is a case comment, therefore contains no counsel.

This case comment was written in 1988 by Edward Veitch, of the Faculty of Law of the University of New Brunswick.