Where an inquiry committee of a college under the BC Health Professions Act summarily dismisses a complaint, on the basis the college lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint (e.g., a financial dispute between the parties), the Health…
JUNE 9, 2011: The 2011 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong is sold out, and we are sorry that we cannot add more seats. We have created a list of people who we could not register, due…
We continue profiling speakers on the regulatory panel for our conference. This week we introduce Graeme Keirstead. Topic – PROFESSIONALS TAKING CARE OF THEIR CLIENTS – Succession and Trustee Protocols Mr. Graeme Keirstead is a lawyer with the Law Society…
Registration committees only have those powers that statutes give them expressly, or give them implicitly, when such powers are practically necessary to such committees fulfilling their mandates. Unfortunately, an implied power is more a matter of assertion than a matter…
Upon an inquiry committee referring a matter for discipline, prejudice from investigative delay does not make judicial review at that point less premature. Further, if the discipline committee (and the entire Board) have been exposed to a “mediation agreement” relating…