Administrative Law

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June 30, 2011

Concurrent proceedings before a disciplinary hearing panel and the BC Human Rights Tribunal: can the same issue be decided by both at the same time?

The issue of whether a professional disciplinary tribunal can rule on institutional bias, and...

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Administrative Law

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June 19, 2011

Tribunal jurisdiction to award costs in discipline proceedings

Hearings are expensive processes for all parties. Respondents of course bear the expense of...

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Administrative Law

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June 19, 2011

The rights of complainants to appeal or review, or to demand procedural fairness

Whenever an inquiry committee decides against sending a complaint matter to a hearing, the...

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Administrative Law

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June 19, 2011

The power to discipline former registrants

In 1987, BC courts found that a regulatory body could not discipline a former...

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Administrative Law

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May 27, 2011

Extraordinary or interim action: where there is no direct evidence of conduct likely to harm or injure

Like the extraordinary action power under  s.35 of the BC Health Professions Act, the...

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Administrative Law

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May 27, 2011

Costs: Court’s power to award costs where panel decision successfully reviewed

The Ontario Superior Court confirmed the established legal principle that a court has no...

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Administrative Law

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May 27, 2011

HPRB: Review Board can determine College’s jurisdiction on whether issues are matters of professional conduct or competence

Where an inquiry committee of a college under the BC Health Professions Act summarily...

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Administrative Law

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May 27, 2011

Sold out! – 2011 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong

JUNE 9, 2011: The 2011 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong...

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News and Events

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May 16, 2011

Panellist Profile: Graeme Keirstead, Manager, Intake and Early Resolution, Law Society of British Columbia

We continue profiling speakers on the regulatory panel for our conference. This week we...

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Administrative Law

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May 16, 2011

June 9th Conference Preview: 9:15-11:00am Applications for Registration – Implied Powers

Registration committees only have those powers that statutes give them expressly, or give them...

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Administrative Law

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May 16, 2011

Where a Discipline Committee is “contaminated” by exposure to an inquiry settlement process, judicial review will be premature if an unbiased panel might still be convened

Upon an inquiry committee referring a matter for discipline, prejudice from investigative delay does...

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Administrative Law

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May 16, 2011

Duty of Ontario health regulators to give notice of a complaint, and an opportunity to respond

While the BC Health Professions Act does not expressly require that a registrant receive...

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Administrative Law

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May 5, 2011

Panellist Profile: Kathy Corbett, Registrar and CEO, College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia

TOPIC: SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE – Reducing Barriers for International Applicants Kathy Corbett is Registrar and...

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Administrative Law

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May 5, 2011

Implied powers of registration committees when holding fitness hearings

One of the key decisions to be made when addressing an application for registration...

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Administrative Law

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May 5, 2011

Disciplinary decisions not staying within the four corners of the citation and not addressing arguments advanced can be overturned

The importance of discipline panels issuing reasons that adequately support each finding of misconduct,...

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