Many regulators routinely publish allegations in discipline and enforcement proceedings before their final determination. Doing so facilitates transparency and arguably permits members of the public
Courts tend to give deference to regulators when they enact subordinate legislation such as regulations, by-laws, or rules. So long as the provision furthers the
There is significant discretion in imposing a penalty for civil contempt of court for breaching an order prohibiting the unauthorized use of title, holding out,
Courts have been fond in recent years of dispensing with hard and fast rules and using a contextual approach of whether, “in all of the
It is, unfortunately, not uncommon for some applicants to use the protected title and begin practising before the application for registration is completed. Regulators struggle
Regulators can act when registrants engage in sexual innuendo on TikTok, at least when the postings relate to their practice, and they are health practitioners.
Can a regulator make a finding of professional misconduct against a registrant based largely on the evidence of a witness who has a strong motivation
Most bodies that screen complaints use a variation of a two-part test in determining whether a discipline hearing is indicated: Is the complaint serious enough
A recent case about French-language education in the Northwest Territories has direct and significant implications for professional regulators. In Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du
The regulatory world was stunned two years ago when Ontario’s Divisional Court struck down a registration requirement for certification of teachers. In part, regulators were