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
Can regulators advise the profession about new developments that appear to be unethical or unprofessional? One New Brunswick court suggests that this is a proper
Courts tend to require discipline panels to ensure that any sanctions imposed are consistent with previous orders in similar cases. This is often referred to
In an unusual case, a four-person discipline panel issued two sets of concurring reasons each signed by two members of the panel. The panel found
Ever since the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/j46kb there
A number of regulators have developed rules of procedure that permit a practitioner to decline to admit allegations against them (i.e., making a plea of