Author: Julie Maciura

Dr. Al-Ghamdi, a physician, had difficulties with some of the nurses with whom he worked. He made complaints against four of them to their regulatory

For a number of years now the Courts have asserted that it will review most decisions of regulators on the basis of the reasonableness, rather

In Maroofi v College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., 2017 BCSC 1558, a physician received a letter of caution from the Inquiry Committee of

In College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Virani, 2017 ONSC 3445 a physician borrowed over $600,000 from two patients to make an investment.

Appeals of practical (i.e., OSCE) examination results are always challenging. Invariably there are disputes as to the candidate’s right of access to examination materials and

In Law Society of Upper Canada v. Abbott, 2017 ONCA 525, the Ontario Court of Appeal has provided guidance on a number of important issues

Can you bring a motion to a disciplinary tribunal and then later argue that they are biased because they presided over the motion? That strategy

In a number of recent cases, regulators have found that practitioners have a professional relationship with people to whom they provide intermittent services ‎unless the

The brief reasons in Aljawhiri v Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, 2017 ONSC 2609 belie its significance. A candidate failed four times for the national

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to say to a social worker that he should shoot her because she “takes away too many kids”.