Wrongful anti-vaccination statements not protected by freedom of expression
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2022 Professional Regulation Round-up
Here is our round-up of professional regulation cases and events in 2022! Of course,...
Read MoreThe HPOA: Who is who
Happy lunar new year! Happy year of the water rabbit. In this post, we...
Read MoreThe HPOA: Mandatory anti-discrimination measures
In a decision earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a...
Read MoreThe HPOA: Health Profession Corporations
The new Health Professions and Occupations Act (the “HPOA”) was recently passed in BC, receiving Royal...
Read MoreThe HPOA: EXTRAORDINARY ACTION
Extraordinary action under the HPOA, now known as “summary protection orders”, has clarified many...
Read MoreThe HPOA: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND SEXUAL ABUSE
In recent years, law reform in Ontario and Alberta have responded to public concerns...
Read MoreTHE HPOA: LICENSES, LIMITS, & CONDITIONS
We’re back! We’re back with the HPOA. The mammoth draft Health Professions and Occupations Act (Bill...
Read MoreEXTRAORDINARY SUSPENSION FOR ISSUING UNWARRANTED VACCINE AND MASKING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES
The BC government’s ordering of health measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as vaccination and masking requirements, has resulted in much legal wrangling...
Read MoreDR. HENRY’S PUBLIC HEALTH ACT DECISIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT
Where registrants are fulfilling public roles under statutes apart from the Health Professions Act — such as where a physician acts as a “health officer” or...
Read MoreCOVID-19 CHALLENGES: ENFORCING A REGISTRANT’S DUTY TO COOPERATE WITH AN INVESTIGATION
As we summarized in our recent 2021 professional regulation round-up, governments that are implementing COVID-related measures...
Read More2021 PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ROUND-UP
Professional regulatory law in the year 2021 was largely consumed with COVID-related cases...
Read MoreMoore is replaced with an investigation gap analysis, and the end of patent unreasonableness
PRB decisions — has now been significantly clarified, and shifted, by the BC Court...
Read MoreCommercial Litigation Team of the Year!
In May 2021, Ng Ariss Fong received a Canadian Law Award! We and several...
Read MoreCLE’S SELF-GOVERNING PROFESSIONS – Angela Westmacott, Q.C. and Alandra Harlingten on the challenge of human rights issues faced by professional regulators
Regulatory authorities must ensure that their registrants and members are competent and fit to...
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