Author: Erica Richler

Some appeals involve multiple issues. Kennedy v. College of Veterinarians, 2018 ONSC 3603, http://canlii.ca/t/hsfqb is one of those cases. In that case the Court held

Government Ministers are responsible for overseeing statutory regulators. However, that responsibility does not mean that the Minister is a necessary party to any legal disputes

In Davis v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2018 BCCA 149, http://canlii.ca/t/hrlk7 an investor relations service provider accepted $7,000 from an investor for the purchase of

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