Many regulators have a high duty of confidentiality. A recent securities regulator case examined how that obligation fares when otherwise confidential information is made an
Quorum requirements are strict; if a tribunal does not have quorum, it cannot decide a matter. However, how strictly should quorum requirements be interpreted where
In Ostiguy v. Collège des médecins du Québec, 2020 QCCA 1554 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/jbq55, an orthotist had been convicted of practising medicine numerous times and fined,
Many regulators charge annual fees. Some regulators do not prorate them; practitioners must pay the entire annual fee even if they are only registered for
New Brunswick’s highest court has affirmed that it is an inherent part of a regulator’s role to issue guidance to practitioners about the regulator’s interpretation
The criteria for obtaining an injunction provision against unregistered persons vary between jurisdictions and even in legislation within a single jurisdiction. This variation was made
In discipline matters, a settlement agreement should be taken seriously. While there may be rare circumstances where a party can resile from such an agreement
Screening committees often negotiate undertakings with practitioners to resolve concerns, particularly in cases involving standards of practice. Sometimes discussions negotiating the precise terms of the
Some professions include in their definitions of professional misconduct some aspect of conduct that brings their profession into disrepute. In Hughes v. Law Society of
The Courts will not hear an application for judicial review of an interim ruling in a discipline matter unless there are exceptional circumstances. So what