Lawyers For Regulators
Leaders in regulatory advice, advocacy and education.
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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
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Regulation Pro Blog
Intent, Cutting and Pasting, and Joint Submissions
Courts have been fond in recent years of dispensing with hard and fast rules and using a contextual approach of whether, “in all of the
Considering the Response
The three principles of procedural fairness for regulators are: give notice, provide an opportunity to respond, and then consider the response. Most challenges to regulatory
Publishing Allegations
In recent decades there has been a shift in thinking about whether regulators should publish pending allegations of misconduct. Years ago, there was concern that
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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.
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