Can a tribunal control its own procedures?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bradshaw v Workers’ Compensation Board, 2017 BCSC 1092 (CanLII):
Absent specific rules prescribed by statute or regulation, administrative tribunals have the implied authority to control their own procedures: Prassad v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1989 CanLII 131 (SCC), [1989] 1 SCR 560 at paras. 568–569.
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