When Tribunals Pay the Price: Court Costs for Procedural Unfairness
In a recent judicial review decision, the BC Supreme Court looked at when it...
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Beyond the Written Word: Unwritten Professional Standards in health professions
We often receive inquiries about whether health professionals are bound by unwritten standards. These...
Read MoreRegulatory Oversight or Discrimination? BC Human Rights Tribunal allows key claims to proceed
A recent decision of the BCHRT serves as a reminder to regulators that human...
Read MoreApplications of progressive discipline
Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions? Maybe it’s finally going to be...
Read MoreNew challenges for regulators in assessing professional speech
At the conclusion of appeals pertaining to Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC...
Read MorePandemic misinformation and freedom of speech
As has been seen throughout the pandemic, health professionals expressing pandemic-related misinformation as professionals...
Read MoreDon’t be a dupe
In the regulatory discipline context, discipline cases often arise when registrants are alleged to...
Read MoreEven on TikTok, your professional self is just a Google search away
In 2020, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal set aside a regulatory body’s decision to...
Read MoreThe constitutionality of COVID orders by the PHO – the latest case
In response to the pandemic, governments implemented COVID-related measures such as vaccine mandates. Some...
Read MoreWrongful anti-vaccination statements not protected by freedom of expression
While professionals enjoy the protection of the same constitutional rights and freedoms as all...
Read More2022 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...
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