Restaurant ratings on your iPhone: a new kid on the block
Whether you prefer Yelp over Urbanspoon, or vice versa – I personally prefer Yelp’s...
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13 Ways Hearing Panels Can Lose Jurisdiction by Appearing Biased: Part 2
This week we continue with introducing thirteen ways a hearing panel can lose its...
Read MoreMonthly question: “without prejudice” correspondence
Monthly Question: What are the practical implications when a registrant sends “without prejudice” correspondence...
Read MoreWinter play: Beyond the Sea to Sky
The tendency of most of the Lower Mainland’s ‘sometimes ski bums’ is to presume...
Read More13 Ways Hearing Panels Can Lose Jurisdiction by Appearing Biased: Part 1
There are a multitude of ways a disciplinary hearing panel can lose its jurisdiction,...
Read MoreAn applicant’s pre-membership misconduct is a registration issue and not a disciplinary issue
In an unpublished case concerning a teacher, the issue of whether an applicant can...
Read MorePersonal Information Management Programs
Like most knowledge workers, we have to keep track of lots of electronic information...
Read MoreArmchair Athlete Series – A cure for pre-holiday congestion
Lest the title mislead you, this is not an entry about shopping. If you...
Read MoreFitness to Practice: Pre-existing mental health condition at the time of application
In our previous blog entry on fitness to practice, we addressed pre-membership misconduct as...
Read MoreHPRB – Requirements for showing an incomplete investigation
Where an applicant to the Health Professions Review Board alleges an investigation into his...
Read MoreLimiting access to “the record” of HPRB complainant-applicants
Complainants under the Health Professions Act are not parties at the inquiry committee stage,...
Read MoreFreedom 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...
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