What is the legal test for a refusal to grant an adjournment at an administrative hearing?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Chohan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 390 (CanLII):
A refusal to grant an adjournment, where fairness demands it, constitutes a breach of the rules of natural justice. According to Mullan in Administrative Law (3rd edition) at para. 170, a breach of this duty occurs where the adjournment is reasonably required for a party seeking an opportunity to meet a new issue or to review crucial evidence introduced at the hearing. The authority cited for this proposition is Pal v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) [1993] F.C.J. No. 1301.
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