Regulation Pro Blog

Technical arguments do not usually succeed in professional regulation unless there is some actual unfairness. Two recent cases confirm this principle. In Institute of Chartered

Insider trading cases are often circumstantial in nature. Fiorillo v Ontario Securities Commission, 2016 ONSC 6559 is no different. In a very lengthy decision, the

It can be challenging for regulators to prove holding out based primarily on social media postings. The case of Law Society of Saskatchewan v Siekawitch,

It is rare for regulators to search a member’s home. However, in Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz, 2016 SKQB 320 the Court held that

The changes contained in Bill 87 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 have been presented as relating primarily to addressing sexual abuse by health

Everyone is required to make a report to the Children’s Aid Society about any reasonable suspicion that a child is in need of protection. A

The Ontario Court of Appeal has supported one of the more significant disciplinary decisions of 2016. In Reid v. College of Chiropractors of Ontario, 2016

Practitioners have a status that many organizations like to use. However, lending that status to an organization creates a duty on the practitioner to ensure

Regulators are increasingly obtaining restraining orders against illegal practitioners (particularly former members). As a result of these cases, the law of civil contempt has actually