TWU and the public interest: BCCA finds that a refusal to accredit unjustifiably infringes freedom of religion
Courts of three provinces – Ontario, BC and Nova Scotia – have been grappling...
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Victim stereotypes in professional regulation
Recent, high-profile cases like that against Jian Ghomeshi highlight the problem of victim stereotypes,...
Read MoreDiscipline Committees that find misconduct outside of citations
Discipline committees that decide a respondent has engaged in professional misconduct not listed in...
Read MoreLetters of caution issued by screening committees
Investigation and screening committees may sometimes find, after an investigation, that a respondent’s conduct,...
Read MoreSuspensions: Being a registrant means practicing as a registrant
A regulatory body may suspend a registrant, only to have that registrant attempt to...
Read MoreThe duty of registrants to respond during investigations; the size of disciplinary costs awards
An Ontario court canvassed an array of issues before upholding of discipline relating to...
Read MoreLetters of direction under B.C.’s Health Professions Act
The B.C. Supreme Court recently upheld the power of an inquiry committee under B.C.’s...
Read MoreProof of misconduct through proof of criminal conviction
In the last few months, we have been looking at discipline committee decisions, to...
Read MoreThe constitutionality of mandatory revocation for sexual abuse
In Ontario, a health professional who commits “sexual abuse” in certain specific ways, such...
Read MoreSpecific discipline hearing issues: ungovernable registrants
In September, we began to look at recent discipline committee decisions, to highlight how...
Read MoreHuman right claim by Indo-Canadian veterinarians succeeds against the BCVMA
After the longest hearing in its history – 356 hearing days – the B.C....
Read MoreSpecific discipline hearing issues: multiple complaints, hearings in private, and use of “similar fact” evidence under the Health Professions Act
In British Columbia, colleges under BC’s Health Professions Act are increasingly publishing full reasons...
Read MoreDo “expert” panels need expert witnesses?
Since one or more members of any professional discipline hearing panel are typically members...
Read MoreWhen is someone an expert?
Lawyers who must prove professional standards through expert witnesses tend to gravitate towards the...
Read MoreCan respondents act as their own experts?
Respondents in discipline hearings may sometimes attempt to act given their own “expert” evidence...
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