Happy summer: Notable regulatory cases since March
As this spring (and now the summer) has been extremely busy, we weren’t able...
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Moral or religious objections and professional obligations
The standards of health care colleges may provide that professionals who refuse to provide...
Read MoreProvocation is not an absolute defence: biting your lip and walking away
The BC Court of Appeal recently clarified the role of the provocation defence in...
Read MoreConcurrent penalties for the same misconduct: registrants in multiple jurisdictions
A Saskatchewan court recently considered whether a decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of...
Read More2017 regulatory round-up
In June, Lisa C. Fong and Angie Westmacott, Q.C., co-chaired a CLE session on...
Read MoreDiscipline: Restrictions on the use of “doctor” vs. freedom of expression
Some self-regulating professions may prevent their registrants from using the title “Doctor” in a...
Read MoreJune conference updates
We are just around the corner from luxuriating in two days of deep thinking,...
Read MoreGovernance: deference by courts for bylaws made by professional regulators
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld rules of the Law Society of Manitoba...
Read MoreRegistration and reinstatement: is good character for one, good character for all?
In February 2017, we wrote about the decision of an Ontario court to uphold...
Read MoreDiscipline: Lying to your governing body and ungovernability
A Manitoba court recently cancelled the licence of a physician who made multiple misrepresentations...
Read MoreUpdate on Professional Regulatory Conferences, Vancouver, June 2017
CLEBC and Ng Ariss Fong, Lawyers offer 2 days of education on the law...
Read MoreMark your calendars: 2017 Professional Regulation Hearing Workshop
June 1, 2017 (Vancouver): 2017 Professional Regulation Hearing Workshop: Lisa C. Fong and guest...
Read MoreReinstatement of license: Factors that may bear on decisions to reinstate
Where an applicant with a discipline and criminal history applies for reinstatement, a committee...
Read MoreRegistration: When regulatory bodies cannot deviate from prescribed forms
An Alberta court recently addressed whether a regulatory body acts outside its authority where,...
Read More2016 Professional Regulation Roundup
The year 2016 involved outcomes to many of the outstanding regulatory issues that we...
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