Regulation Pro Blog

Few discipline cases have achieved as much notoriety as the discipline of Ms. Strom, a nurse in Saskatchewan, for posting comments on Facebook that were

Most regulators have some staff members who are also registered members of the profession. Occasionally misconduct complaints are made against these staff members even though

Even before the Court of Appeal rendered its decision in College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Peirovy, 2018 ONCA 420, http://canlii.ca/t/hrt0r, the courts

If one of the most difficult tasks for a hearing panel is to assess the credibility of witnesses, one of the more challenging roles for

In Toronto Star v. AG Ontario, 2018 ONSC 2586, http://canlii.ca/t/hrq6s, the media outlet brought a wide ranging challenge to the practice of many, but not

Perhaps the most notorious sexual abuse case in recent years was determined by Ontario’s Court of Appeal earlier this month. In College of Physicians and

Bankruptcy is intended to provide people with an opportunity to gain a fresh start without the burden of debt; it is governed by federal law.

Where a practitioner raises the mitigating factor of the practitioner’s illness, who has to prove what? This issue was squarely raised in Braile v Calgary

Some regulators are permitted to consider exemptions (sometimes called waivers) for applicants for registration who do not meet the technical requirements. Typically these exemptions permit