When a medical regulator imposes restrictions on the registration of an anesthesiologist following adverse events, including concerns about inattention to patients and possible fabrication of
Not every imprudent action by a registrant constitutes professional misconduct. At some point the conduct is “an understandable error” or “too trivial” to reach that
More than ten years ago, Peter Abrametz, a Saskatchewan lawyer, was investigated with respect to misleading trust fund transactions and loans made to his clients.
A Justice of the Peace (the JP) intervened several times when her son was charged with failing to yield before a traffic collision. The interventions
Legislative reform for the regulation of professions in Canada seems to be gathering pace. Some of the themes contained in British Columbia’s Health Professions and
What do the following scenarios have in common? A physician has a meltdown at a school concert and acts in a hostile and aggressive manner
Once a matter has been referred to discipline, how much leeway does the regulator have to reword the allegations? That issue arose in Moodley v.
When a participant in a discipline matter is concerned about the conduct of an adjudicator, they typically bring a motion to the discipline panel. However,
Many discipline panels conduct their hearings in two parts. The first deals with the merits of the allegations (also known as the “finding” stage). If
A constable “was assigned to maintain the perimeter security at a crime scene. He entered the crime scene, leaving its perimeter insecure, and took $300