Author: Erica Richler

Few discipline cases have achieved as much notoriety as the discipline of Ms. Strom, a nurse in Saskatchewan, for posting comments on Facebook that were

Where a practitioner raises the mitigating factor of the practitioner’s illness, who has to prove what? This issue was squarely raised in Braile v Calgary

Being found to be ungovernable twice in two years is quite a feat. This happened to a Manitoba nurse in Kuny v College of Registered

Appeals of most regulatory decisions are only available if the decision is final. In civil cases, there has been much litigation about what constitutes a

In a number of recent cases the courts have said that regulators should base their conclusions on evidence rather than speculation. What is often left

Occasionally practitioners argue that they have been singled out for regulatory action in ways that other members who have engaged in similar conduct are not.

Hearing panel members are often tempted to find out more about the case before them. It may be because of general curiosity. It may be

Yesterday an important decision was rendered by the Ontario Superior Court on the cross-border internet practice of professions. In College of Optometrists of Ontario v.

Can a party insist that individual panel members tell the party that they agree with the panel’s decision? That issue arose in Aylward v. Law

Regulators have seen this scenario many times. A practitioner is referred to discipline. The practitioner brings an application for judicial review to challenge the referral