Author: Julie Maciura

How long should a person be jailed for contempt of court for a second breach of a restraining order for illegal practice? British Columbia’s highest

Health regulators in Ontario are required to post on their website information about complaints decisions that result in remedial directions (e.g., to attend for a

Some regulators have the authority to award costs to a practitioner where no finding of professional misconduct is made and the referral to discipline by

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