Welcome to the Regulation Pro Blog. SML’s blog contains brief discussions of court decisions and other developments in professional regulation, with one or two new posts per week. Explore our catalogue below or on CanLII.
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The Importance of Compassionate Regulation
Rising rates of suicide among regulated professionals who have been the subjects of complaints and investigations have become a concern for regulators across the world.
The Impact of Systemic Discrimination in Disciplinary Proceedings
How should the systemic discrimination experienced by registrants be taken in account in disciplinary proceedings? The Divisional Court addressed that issue in four separate contexts
Ungovernability and Probable Harm
While the language for regulatory interim order provisions vary, most relate in some way to the risk of harm. But how does the non-cooperation of
Leaked Tribunal Documents
What can a tribunal do when one of its former members discloses to outsiders confidential information about its internal processes? The Court in Derenzis v
Enforcement Obligations and Discretion
Can a third party compel a regulator to take enforcement action against those it regulates? In Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority v Environmental 360 Solutions
If It Wasn’t Recorded, It Wasn’t Done
Whenever educators and advisors discuss the importance of record keeping, they often haul out the old chestnut “if it wasn’t recorded, it wasn’t done” (or
Piercing the Quality Assurance Bubble
An effective quality assurance program must operate in a bubble of confidentiality. To ensure full and candid participation by registrants, registrants need to be confident
As of Right Registration
The first substantive Bill of the new Ontario government relates to free trade. However, Bill 2, Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025,
Standards and Sanctions
Two of the more challenging issues with which discipline tribunals cope are determining whether a registrant’s conduct fell below accepted standards of practice and, where