Gung hai fat choi!
With February 3, 2011 marking the first day of the lunar calendar, we have now entered the year of the rabbit. My basic understanding of rabbits is that this should bode well for our love life aspirations for the year.…
Professional Conduct Blog
Investigator powers under Ontario Health Professions Procedural Code are constitutionally valid
Some cases are especially hard fought, on every front. This seems to be the tenor of the appeal of a physician whose license was revoked, based on findings that he engaged in sexual misconduct with three boys, one of whom…
13 Ways Hearing Panels Can Lose Jurisdiction by Appearing Biased: Part 4
We are on the last stretch of our exploring thirteen ways a hearing panel can lose jurisdiction based on actions that appear biased. In the first week, we discussed methods 1, 2 and 3, which focused on exhibiting hostility. In…
Lawsuit against Ontario college fails for its publishing a fitness matter in good faith
A lawsuit by a physician for $10 million against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for publishing the fact of his being referred to the Fitness to Practice Committee was “struck out” for having no chance of success,…
Immediate judicial review permissible for a discipline panel’s refusal to order production of documents
A judicial review of a discipline committee’s refusal to order production of third party records – records that registrants sought in order to cross-examine key witnesses during a discipline hearing – was found to be warranted, despite the general rule…