Disciplining for Incivility in the Courtroom – Law Society of Upper Canada v. Groia
Over the past year the Canadian legal profession has grappled with a number of...
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The relationship between “professional misconduct”, civil wrongs like negligence, and “satisfactory conduct”: Complainant v. College of Dental Surgeons of BC, 2009-HPA-0090(b)
When a complaint alleges a mistake by a professional that essentially amounts to an...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion continued
Last month, we asked two human rights lawyers to provide their perspective on the...
Read MoreUnresolved criminal proceedings, and a regulator’s ability to gather Crown evidence and proceed to discipline (despite delay)
An Ontario regulatory college properly waited several years until the end of criminal proceedings...
Read MoreMinimum standards for addressing credibility in discipline reasons
When a disciplinary panel finds against a registrant based on credibility, the panel needs...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion
In our last release we promised that we would blog about the recent decision...
Read MoreHow human rights affect discipline for misconduct “caused” by addictions: the Wright case
The ability of a professional regulatory body to discipline registrants for wrongs flowing from...
Read MoreIncreasing scopes of practice: professional interest or public interest?
Our last two blog releases set out a short quiz on the public interest...
Read MoreConfidentiality and FIPPA: considerations for regulatory bodies as requesters and disclosers of information
In this blog entry we continue to respond to the numerous questions we received...
Read MorePublic interest IQ / Self-quiz answers
In our last blog release we published “Checking in on your knowledge of the...
Read MoreFOI requests and the privacy of disciplined registrants
Under BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the public’s right...
Read MorePrivacy and FIPPA: procedural fairness issues
As we have previously mentioned, we received numerous questions from participants during the Q&A...
Read MoreProcedural fairness and the statutory opportunity to respond during an investigation
The Ontario courts have recently held that where a Complaints Committee of a health...
Read MoreChecking in on your knowledge of the public interest
Whether you are a member of a self-regulating profession or a staff member from...
Read MoreFOI and the Serial and Repetitive Requester
One challenge experienced by public bodies with FOIPPA requests is the person who, over...
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