‘Hunt-and-peck’ is a term typically used to lament one’s inadequacies at the keyboard. But for many among the office-bound labour force it just as aptly describes our approach to the staff kitchen. Whether we like to admit it or not,…
To insulate college personnel from personal law suits which allege misconduct while carrying out duties, section 24 of the BC Health Professions Act provides that “no action for damages lies or may be brought” against a board member or a…
Professional regulatory bodies require applicants to be of good character or morally fit before admitting them into membership. What constitutes a fit applicant for membership depends on the facts of each case. Past wrongful conduct should be examined in light…
The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed a finding of the BC Utilities Commission that British Columbia did not have a duty to consult the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council First Nations about a modern agreement for the sale of energy generated…
Where a discipline committee concludes that a physician, accused of touching a patient’s chest for a sexual purpose, is found to have approximately examined the chest of a patient with bronchitis in a non-sexual manner, the committee commits a reversible…