HPRB and Registration: Standard of Review and Adequacy of Reasons
The Health Professions Review Board has confirmed the standard of review for registration decisions...
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Reasons must address unsworn evidence being preferred on central issues
While administrative tribunals are not bound by strict rules of evidence, evidence must still...
Read MoreOur round-up of top 2010 professional regulatory cases
1. On deference to a professional regulatory body on findings of unprofessional conduct: Salway...
Read MoreImmunity of regulatory personnel from lawsuits: Part 2
In December, we examined the protection from lawsuits that regulatory personnel receive under s.24...
Read MoreAllowing 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...
Read MoreBias: 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 MoreOur Pick for the Top Five Administrative Law Cases in 2010
Writing this blog entry seemed easy at first but when we started to review...
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...
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