Author: Natasha Danson

Void for Vagueness

Law has many pithy expressions that refer to complex legal concepts. For example, the phrase “intrusion upon seclusion” refers to the tort of invading someone’s

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So Many Unanswered Questions

For the impatient among us, interim stay applications can be frustrating. These applications only determine whether a decision is to be put on “hold” without

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Accessing Client Information

The rules for a health practitioner accessing a patient’s personal health information can be complex. In Ontario, those rules are mostly codified in the Personal Health

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Use of Unconventional Procedures

Physician regulators have historically struggled with the question of whether to restrict or sanction non-traditional activities by their registrants. In fact, in Ontario, the enabling

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Sanctioning Guidelines

An Alberta judge’s comments on the need for courts to develop sentencing guidelines in criminal matters may have application for professional regulators. In R v

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