Dear colleagues,
Congratulations go out to ODGer and UWOer Erika Chamberlain on
the publication of Misfeasance in a Public Office (Carswell,
2016). Here is the abstract:
Misfeasance in a Public Office provides a
comprehensive study of the tort of misfeasance in a public
office in Canada and other Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Misfeasance is a unique tort in that it applies only to public
officers, and so exists at the intersection of private and
public law. Since the House of Lords' decision in Three
Rivers v. Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No
3) (2001) and the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Odhavji
Estate v. Woodhouse (2003), misfeasance has been pleaded
with increasing frequency and in situations covering a wide
range of official misconduct. This book provides an
organizational framework for the tort and a thorough catalogue
of its application in specific cases. It also provides a
theoretical foundation that clarifies the underlying purposes of
misfeasance in a public office, its relationship to other areas
of law, and its present and future role in the modern
administrative state.
Happy Reading,
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Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
N6A 3K7
(519) 661-2111 x. 88435