Allowing a litigant to seek review of an HPRB decision anonymously under a pseudonym is an exceptional order
Three recent decisions address the issue of registrants of colleges being entitled to anonymity...
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Bias: The need to maintain Discipline Committee impartiality and independence from regulatory staff
Professional disciplinary proceedings are quasi-judicial fora in which the impartiality of decision-makers is a...
Read MoreDefective Search Orders
The Health Professions Act allows for colleges to apply to the court to obtain...
Read MoreBad Character: How long does it take to become good again?
With civility between lawyers being of recent concern to the Law Society of Upper...
Read MoreUndertakings and Discipline: penalties and proportionality for multiple acts
Where a regulator seeks to address a complaint involving multiple wrongs, and the complaint...
Read MoreDiscipline: Adequacy of reasons, credibility, and Cleo the cat
A hearing panel may make an unreasonable decision if it fails to enumerate the...
Read MoreUpcoming Events: CLE on Self-Governing Professions
APRIL 1, 2011: The agenda of the BC CLE course on Self-Governing Professions includes...
Read MoreUpcoming Events [updated]: CBA Health Law subsection meeting on registration issues under the HPA
MARCH 28, 2011: Lisa C. Fong and Christian Morey, articled student, will give a lunch-hour...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Four: Exclusion of evidence
The Review Board has been in place for just over two years, but is...
Read MoreGovernance: The B.C. College of Teachers, the Avison Report, the BCTF defamation suit against council member, Richard Walker, and the election of Christy Clark
Self-governing professions can often replicate the ideological disputes found in society at large, including...
Read MoreJudicial Review for apprehension of bias: production of documents by the decision-maker
The Supreme Court recently reserved its decision on an application by the College of...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Three: Reasonableness of Decisions
The Health Professions Review Board (HPRB) has confirmed reviews of inquiry dispositions are on...
Read MoreCan professional regulators enforce cost awards in court?
If a registrant ends up owing his or her regulatory body fines or costs,...
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Summary dismissal for no prospect of success (chiropractors)
The BC Health Professions Review Board does not, when performing a review of an...
Read MoreHPRB Month Two: A commentary on the HPRB mediation process
Heather MacKay, Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of BC, is scheduled to...
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