2013 professional regulatory round-up
Here are some key Canadian cases and trends from 2013 relating to professional regulation....
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Challenging the Fairness of Investigations
Regulators who investigate complaints may face procedural fairness challenges to their investigative processes. The...
Read MoreInvestigative scope and HPRB deference
In the first significant judicial review of a decision of the BC Health Professions...
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 MoreFitness and the ungovernable member
Entry requirements of “good character” and “fitness” are clearly malleable. They consist of equally...
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 MoreNews and Events – June 11-12, 2013 Infonex conference on conducting regulatory investigations
June 11-12, 2013: Infonex will be holding a conference on Conducting Regulatory Investigations, where...
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 MoreThe 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 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 MoreFOI requests and the privacy of disciplined registrants
Under BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the public’s right...
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