Sexual misconduct and interim action
The manner in which a screening or investigation committee may decide to take interim...
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Human 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 MoreInquiry: Investigators for regulatory bodies are protected from defamation claims by “absolute privilege”
Where an investigator for a regulatory body sends emails to two complainants who have...
Read MoreBlog: 2014 professional regulation round-up
While principles of administrative law continue to evolve – perhaps more in this last...
Read MoreHPRB deference on adequacy of investigations
At the start of 2014, we blogged here about a decision of the B.C....
Read MoreProfessional regulatory documents and their use in civil actions
Professional regulatory statutes often contain confidentiality provisions that make records or other documents used...
Read MoreThe price of deference: inconsistency is OK
The BC Supreme Court recently found that the Health Professions Review Board improperly failed...
Read MoreMore than financial loss is needed for a court to suspend a supervision order pending an appeal or judicial review
An Ontario court declined to suspend a supervision order made by a Quality Assurance...
Read MoreDistinctions between professional regulatory and criminal processes
Confusion often arises about the extent to which professional regulatory proceedings are similar to...
Read MoreChallenging a referral to discipline by an inquiry (complaint-screening) committee
When an inquiry committee disposes of a complaint by issuing a citation for a...
Read MoreWhere a regulatory order refers to an invalid basis for jurisdiction
Where a public officer may make an order for several reasons, but fails to...
Read MoreRegulatory blackjack: 21 cases in professional regulation
Use of titles: Ontario’s Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 prohibits traditional Chinese medical practitioners from...
Read MoreSix helpful tips for hearing panels [Update: Tip #6 added]
Over the next six months we will be posting one short hearing tip each...
Read MoreNews and Events: Mark you calendar! Sept 11-13, 2014
Sept 11-13, 2014: On September 11, Lisa C. Fong and Joelle Berry of the...
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