A professional may be responsible for “unprofessional conduct” in his private life, such as where the professional engages in a loud, verbal exchange with other parents at a school concert, in the presence of children. This is illustrated in Rathe…
The “private” or “personal” conduct of professionals can still be “unprofessional conduct” involving significant consequences. A reminder of this principle arises from the recent decision of Erdmann v. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, 2013 ABCA 147. Ms. E, a…
There have been a few changes at Ng, Ariss, Fong. We sadly bid farewell to Benjamin Ralston who moved to the beautiful Dunedin, New Zealand to pursue other interests (not involving hobbits). We welcome Julia Hincks as our new articled…
If you attended our CBA Health Law presentation on notable cases in 2012, you would have heard Julia Hincks talk about the case of R. v. Levkovic, where a building superintendent cleaning a vacated apartment discovered a bag on the…
As most of you will already be aware, on January 16th of this year our firm co-presented a 2 hour webinar with the Victoria-based firm of Lovett & Westmacott in which we addressed how professional regulation interfaces with human rights…