Limiting access to “the record” of HPRB complainant-applicants
Complainants under the Health Professions Act are not parties at the inquiry committee stage,...
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Freedom of Information (FOI): When are external consultant notes under the control of a public body?
Public bodies sometimes retain ad hoc external consultants to conduct professional health assessments. Where...
Read MoreArmchair Athlete Series – Easy and healthy food to keep around
‘Hunt-and-peck’ is a term typically used to lament one’s inadequacies at the keyboard. But...
Read MoreImmunity of regulatory personnel from lawsuits and vexatious litigation
To insulate college personnel from personal law suits which allege misconduct while carrying out...
Read MoreApplicant fitness to practice and past aberrant wrongful conduct
Professional regulatory bodies require applicants to be of good character or morally fit before...
Read MoreThe duty to consult First Nations on matters arising from projects built without consultation
The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed a finding of the BC Utilities Commission that...
Read MoreCan contact by a physician be sexual impropriety if done without sexual intent, but is perceived as sexual?
Where a discipline committee concludes that a physician, accused of touching a patient’s chest...
Read MoreThings we like: The Meadow in Portland
For a three-day get-away, Portland is hard to beat, especially with an afternoon trip...
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Who is an Applicant for Registration
In response to an application for a review of a registration decision, filed in...
Read MoreMost sought after pies of Vancouver
A recent debate has arisen between a member of our firm and a regulator...
Read MoreCorporate deadlocks and “shot gun” share buyouts
Although our practice extends deeply into administrative law, our roots lie in commercial litigation....
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Reasonableness of disposition where conflicting versions of events
An inquiry committee is not required to carry out an exhaustive fact-finding process to...
Read MoreExtraordinary suspension hearings and a registrant’s right to respond
Does an investigation committee’s failure to provide a registrant with a right to respond...
Read MoreSexual Misconduct Series: Lawyers and clients waiving conflicts arising from sexual relations
A sexual relationship between a lawyer and client, but a waiver of the resulting...
Read MoreRegulator policies must comply with enabling provisions
Where a statutory provision provides for a matter to be in accordance with the...
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