Author: Julie Maciura

Most municipalities in Ontario are required to hold open Council and Committee meetings. The public can be excluded only in limited circumstances where there is

One of the duties of a regulator in disciplinary matters is to disclose all relevant information it possesses unless the information is privileged. This duty

Generally expert witnesses must be neutral and they must provide a written report of their opinion well in advance of any hearing. Last year the

Just as Discipline Committees should accept a joint submission unless it would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, so they should not impose a

Guilty Pleas must be voluntary, unequivocal and informed. The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed a person to withdraw his guilty plea for dangerous driving because

A lower Alberta court disagrees with the British Columbia Court of Appeal and says regulators need empirical evidence that their rules protect the public interest.