Author: Natasha Danson

Right-Touch Regulation Redux

Perhaps the most consequential document in professional regulation in the English-speaking world this century is Right-Touch Regulation published by the UK oversight body, the Professional

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Screening Appointments

The appointments made by regulators are important. These include the selection of the regulator’s Registrar and/or CEO, appointments to committees (e.g., a discipline tribunal) and,

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A Policy on Policy Making

In the UK, reform is coming to the regulation of health professions. The oversight body, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), has issued a guidance document

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Who Should Go?

When there is a concerning connection between counsel to a party in a proceeding and the adjudicator, who should step aside? In Whearty v. Ontario

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Accommodation and Proportionality

Two of the more challenging legal principles for regulators to apply are accommodation and proportionality. Accommodation, in the human rights sphere, refers to adjusting a

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