Author: Julie Maciura

In Khan v. Law Society of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 6019 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/jj1xj a practitioner was disbarred in respect of his billing practices for accounts submitted

Appealing a clinical assessment or examination is challenging. Even in the internal appeal stage, where there are experts present, it is often impossible for the

In an old case that was controversial at the time, a medical practitioner acting in the capacity as a journalist published an article about a

An owner of a funeral home leased land beside it to a crematorium. The crematorium began to offer funeral services in competition with the funeral

While some regulators in Ontario are accountable to appeal tribunals (e.g., Licence Appeal Tribunal) and many Ontario regulators are scrutinized by the Office of the

The Ontario Divisional Court continues to show deference to sanctions (or penalties) imposed by regulators. In 1855456 Ontario Inc. v. Registrar, Motor Vehicle Dealers Act,

Most regulators must have reasonable and probable grounds in order to appoint an investigator to conduct a formal investigation. However, articulating the reasonable and probable

Another decision from western Canada carefully scrutinizes a disciplinary decision. In Phillips v Law Society of Saskatchewan, 2021 SKCA 16 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/jcvzm the issue was

Most regulators must maintain confidentiality with respect to the information they hold. Many regulators also have statutory protections preventing their representatives from being compelled to

Many regulators have a high duty of confidentiality. A recent securities regulator case examined how that obligation fares when otherwise confidential information is made an