Apropos to our recent newsletter on #MeToo, Katrina Haymond and James Casey, Q.C. shared with us their article on Bill 21 – An Act to Protect Patients, which will amend Alberta’s Health Professions Actrespecting sexual abuse by health professionals. Bill 21 has passed…
In 2016, the B.C. government “took back” the Real Estate Council of British Columbia, in part by populating the Council exclusively with government appointees, and in part by giving oversight powers to the Superintendent of Real Estate. The Superintendent received…
An injunction against unauthorized practice that sets out specific restricted activities may be amended by the court to reflect changes in the law, based on the court’s original intention that unauthorized practitioners comply with the law as amended from time to time, rather than law that has become outdated: College of…
The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed, as reasonable, the decision of two law societies – the Law Society of BC and the Law Society of Upper Canada (now the Law Society of Ontario) — to refuse to accredit a…
As this spring (and now the summer) has been extremely busy, we weren’t able to keep up with our monthly blog schedule. To make that up, we’ve reviewed cases since March, and here are our notable picks. 1. Injunctions against…