Author: Julie Maciura

It is an important principle that a person receiving disclosure in the course of an investigation or regulatory proceeding cannot use that disclosure for other

Regulators are required to respond proportionately when their public protection mandate involves imposing consequences on a registrant’s expression: Doré v. Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC

Most public interest boards of directors have a Code of Conduct designed to facilitate the effectiveness of the board, protect staff from inappropriate conduct, and

There is no consensus on two aspects of imposing a sanction in discipline matters. The first is whether the parties can be asked to make

A recent decision of Ontario’s Court of Appeal has added another possible item to be included in a notice to registrants that may not be

When discipline proceedings are protracted, what weight should be given on sanction to the registrant behaving professionally while the proceedings are ongoing? That issue took

There has been a recent emphasis on the need to process registration applications quickly. In Ontario, legislative timelines are imposed on regulators. The impact of

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

The move in British Columbia to modernize the regulation of legal practitioners has run into significant opposition by advocates for the independence of legal professionals,

The message from Ontario’s highest court to regulated professionals under investigation is to cooperate first and ask questions later. In College of Physicians and Surgeons