Professional regulatory documents and their use in civil actions
Professional regulatory statutes often contain confidentiality provisions that make records or other documents used...
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The 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 MoreSobeys West: When professional regulatory bylaws are “unreasonable”
The BC Supreme Court has decided that the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia...
Read MoreProblems that invalidate discipline decisions
As citations serve the purpose of formally notifying registrants about issues that may lead...
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 MoreCanada’s anti-spam law for self-regulating professions
Canada’s new anti-spam legislation* goes into effect July 1, 2014. You can find it...
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...
Read More2013 professional regulatory round-up
Here are some key Canadian cases and trends from 2013 relating to professional regulation....
Read MoreBC HPRB: When the HPRB may award costs against a complainant
When the Inquiry Committee of a college under BC’s Health Professions Act (the “Act”)...
Read MoreChallenging the Fairness of Investigations
Regulators who investigate complaints may face procedural fairness challenges to their investigative processes. The...
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