Private professional associations using “registered” in titles may wrongly imply public regulation
Private professional associations sometimes provide their members with “titles,” and indeed statutes that provide...
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Do “expert” panels need expert witnesses?
Since one or more members of any professional discipline hearing panel are typically members...
Read MoreWhen is someone an expert?
Lawyers who must prove professional standards through expert witnesses tend to gravitate towards the...
Read MoreCan respondents act as their own experts?
Respondents in discipline hearings may sometimes attempt to act given their own “expert” evidence...
Read MoreMay remedial penalties be endless?
When a discipline hearing panel finds that a respondent must undergo remedial steps, but...
Read MoreA challenge to a policy that physicians provide referrals despite objecting to a service based on conscience or religion
On March 24, 2015, two Christian groups, and several physicians, filed a challenge to...
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 MoreRegistration: good character and past complaints
A regulatory body may, when looking into an applicant’s good character, look at alleged...
Read MoreDiscipline: Sufficiency of warning and the meaning of “conduct unbecoming”
The standard for the extent to which a regulatory body must provide particulars in...
Read MoreDiscipline: After a disciplinary decision, a committee may deal separately with costs
If a discipline committee absolves a member of misconduct, but fails to address the...
Read MoreAppeals: The Dunsmuir approach to “reviews” applies to “appeals” from tribunals
While courts may always engage in “judicial review” of decisions and actions by administrative...
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 MoreOntario’s mandatory licensure revocation for sexual abuse of patients is not a criminal matter
Last month, we blogged here about how professional regulatory proceedings and criminal proceedings are...
Read MoreProfessional regulatory bodies and malicious prosecution
Claims of malicious prosecution seem inevitable for professional regulatory bodies, despite the difficulties that...
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