Adequacy of reasons and credibility
Where a hearing panel assesses the credibility of an applicant’s account of events, the...
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Adequacy of reasons and conflicting evidence
Disciplinary hearing panels often face conflicts in the evidence before them, such as where...
Read MoreNews and Events: Room change for the 2013 Professional Regulation Conference [updated 2013-11-09]
[Updated 2013-11-09] The room for the conference has changed! The 2013 Professional Regulation Conference...
Read More2013 Conference – Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Regulation Conference: Vancouver Convention Centre, November 15, 2013 Frequently Asked Questions About the...
Read MoreCredibility, and evidence bearing on credibility, in discipline hearings
As many health professionals provide services in private rooms, complaints of inappropriate touching or...
Read MoreThe problems with hearsay – even for administrative tribunals
Administrative tribunals are not bound by strict rules of evidence. This does not mean...
Read MoreDecision-writing based on submissions from parties
Procedural fairness requires an impartial decision-maker, but that partiality may come into question where...
Read MoreConduct unbecoming of a professional: loud, verbally aggressive, and egregiously profane outbursts
A professional may be responsible for “unprofessional conduct” in his private life, such as...
Read MoreConduct unbecoming of a professional: threats of frivolous reports
The “private” or “personal” conduct of professionals can still be “unprofessional conduct” involving significant...
Read MoreNews and Events – 2013 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong
September 24, 2013: The firms of Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will...
Read MoreAdvertising restrictions and Charter scrutiny
Professional regulatory bodies often regulate registrants’ business practices, at least in how they advertise...
Read More2012 Professional Regulatory Round-Up
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all...
Read MoreDisciplining 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...
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...
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