Lawyers For Regulators
Leaders in regulatory advice, advocacy and education.
What We Do
About Us
Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc (SML) assists regulators in all areas of professional regulation. Our award-winning lawyers have extensive experience acting as general counsel, prosecutor and independent legal counsel for regulators across the province.
We provide trusted advice to professional, trade and industry regulators about how to better serve the public interest. Our team of knowledgeable and engaging lawyers are experienced in registration and licensing, governance, investigations, discipline, incapacity and appeals. Our lawyers regularly appear at all levels of court in Ontario.
Services provided:
- General Counsel
- Prosecution Services
- Independent Legal Counsel
- Education & Training
- Governance & Regulatory Reform
Who We Are
Our Team
Meet the members of our team, experienced lawyers, law clerks and staff dedicated to their work.
Stay Informed
Regulation Pro Blog
Enforcement Obligations and Discretion
Can a third party compel a regulator to take enforcement action against those it regulates? In Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority v Environmental 360 Solutions
If It Wasn’t Recorded, It Wasn’t Done
Whenever educators and advisors discuss the importance of record keeping, they often haul out the old chestnut “if it wasn’t recorded, it wasn’t done” (or
Piercing the Quality Assurance Bubble
An effective quality assurance program must operate in a bubble of confidentiality. To ensure full and candid participation by registrants, registrants need to be confident
Subscribe
Grey Areas
SML Law has published the Grey Areas newsletter since July 1992. Articles typically deal with recent developments in professional regulation, analysis of recent studies, examination of recent cases and scrutiny of recent legislation. There are ten to twelve issues distributed per year to over 1,500 subscribers, with more subscribers added each month.
To subscribe to the Grey Areas newsletter, please enter your e-mail address below.