Regulation Pro Blog

Sometimes regulators come across information that they were not intending to see. Responding appropriately can be important. In a civil case, two business partners were

Many regulators have recurring issues that some practitioners seem to ignore. Often, they involve a failure to comply with a routine obligation. For example, many

Regulatory staff appear to be facing a pandemic of harassment by some of the practitioners that they regulate. Sometimes, but not always, this is accompanied

In discipline matters, regulators generally do not have to prove that the practitioner had malicious or dishonest intent to engage in the conduct. Failing to

In MacDonald v College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 632 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/jm3zz, a practitioner who was found to have engaged in a sexual

Screening committees often recommend or, where authorized to do so, direct practitioners to engage in remedial activities. The rationale for this authority is that such

An individual’s recollection of a particular event or set of events can be a powerful piece of evidence, however its impact can be significantly undermined

A recent Alberta Court of Appeal case addressed how regulators think about dishonesty allegations against practitioners, the use of mental health evidence in determining liability,

The open-hearing principle is robust. A police discipline hearing was held following a public outcry and independent review into the police service’s handling of investigations.