Regulation Pro Blog

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.

Please note that the information contained in Regulation Pro is not intended to be legal advice and is not intended to be acted upon. The information contained herein is intended for general information and educational purposes only.

Accomodations Require Evidence

Regulators frequently deal with accommodation issues related to a registrant experiencing disabilities. The issue can relate to procedure (e.g., requests for extensions and adjournments) and

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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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Unanswered Questions

Every now and then there are cases raising important legal and regulatory issues in which the decision does not satisfactorily address the concerns. College of

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Leeway

There are certain core principles for tribunals when they write reasons for their decisions. The bad news is that it is easy to violate those

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Respond to the Arguments

Courts give deference to the credibility findings of discipline panels and will only interfere where there is palpable and overriding error. One form of palpable

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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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