Does an investigation committee’s failure to provide a registrant with a right to respond to a notice of extraordinary suspension violate procedural fairness? A professional regulator should provide a registrant with notice of an extraordinary hearing, and an opportunity to…
A sexual relationship between a lawyer and client, but a waiver of the resulting conflict of interest by that client, is illustrated in Regular v. Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador [2010 NLTD 90, May 13, 2010], a case where…
Where a statutory provision provides for a matter to be in accordance with the policies of a board, the policy must still be within the jurisdiction conferred by statute. This principle was applied to invalidate an unduly restrictive policy in…
A complainant whose complaint was dismissed prior to the creation of the Health Professions Review Board does not acquire a fresh right to apply for review to the Review Board based simply on new information. This lack of jurisdiction is…
The Health Professions Review Board has jurisdiction to review specific decisions enumerated under s. 50.53(1) of the Health Professions Act, but not decisions under predecessor statutes, such as the Medical Practitioners Act. This limit on the Review Board’s jurisdiction is illustrated…