Author: Anastasia-Maria Hountalas

Those of us in the field of professional regulation tend (perhaps wrongly) to place more importance on court-level judgments than on tribunal decisions. While court-level

The requirement to give notice of meetings in which policy issues will be discussed is not as rigorous as the requirement to give notice of

Clear and rigid rules are easiest to apply. For example, discipline panels would have an easier time if there was never a requirement to prove

Dr. Tan, a veterinarian, was disciplined for a sixth time. He sought a stay of the sanction, which included a 60-day suspension, pending an internal

Administering drugs to individuals is an activity that is regulated under several statutes. Ontario’s Court of Appeal has held that a person can be found

There is an increasing tendency to evaluate the performance of regulators of professions. Most of these evaluations are conducted by oversight bodies, such as the

Many discipline tribunals have rules permitting a party to request that the other party admit non-contentious facts or the authenticity of documents. However, if the

A frequent discussion at the courts in recent years is how regulators are to balance interests protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Once a final regulatory decision has been made, a registrant can usually appeal or seek judicial review. Such challenges take time. At least months. An

For regulators, one of the more frustrating aspects of the discipline process is when a registrant asks for repeated and extended deferrals of discipline hearings