Can an administrative tribunal be master of its own proceedings?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Benitez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 461 (CanLII), [2007] 1 FCR 107:
The applicants acknowledge that the courts have held that an administrative tribunal is master of its own proceedings and may determine the procedures to be followed where the enabling statute is silent: Prassad v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1989 CanLII 131 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 560.
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