September 24, 2013: The firms of Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will be holding their 2013 Professional Regulation Conference this fall. Mark your calendars! We are planning to have the agenda and registration available on our blog at…
Professional regulatory bodies often regulate registrants’ business practices, at least in how they advertise services and solicit clients. But regulatory bodies need to be cognizant of the Charter when they enact and enforce such restrictions. Advertising limits, for example, will…
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all their duties are expressed within the four corners of their enabling statutes. 2012 was, however, a year when courts emphasized in various contexts the need for…
Over the past year the Canadian legal profession has grappled with a number of controversial debates. In British Columbia, some of the most interesting issues we faced were whether the attorney general should be required to be a lawyer, the…
Last month, we asked two human rights lawyers to provide their perspective on the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision about addictions and professional discipline in Wright v. College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, 2012 ABCA 267. For their…