The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia released a report of an independent review of the regulator’s processes for dealing with sexual abuse
In Kumar v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, 2019 ABQB 514, http://canlii.ca/t/j1cqs a pediatrician was charged criminally with sexual assault and sexual interference
There seem to be fewer areas in which courts have been giving confusing guidance to discipline panels than in the ordering of sanctions in sexual
This issue has again come up, this time in the context of an investigatory summons. In College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Dr.
The Divisional Court described the case of Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v Kunynetz, 2019 ONSC 4300, <http://canlii.ca/t/j1m2m> as one of the
Where a discipline finding is made and a sanction is imposed, it is common for the practitioner to seek a stay of the sanction until
Regulators have to put up with a fair bit of criticism. In a free and democratic society, public interest bodies need to be open to
Complaints screening bodies do not make findings of fact. They also do not make findings of wrongdoing. And they can make remedial orders (e.g., issuing
Finding no individual misconduct, Commissioner Eileen E. Gillese’s report in the Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security of Residents in the Long-Term Care Homes
Where there is a history of contentious proceedings between a regulator and a practitioner, additional challenges arise. As the Court pointed out in Fitzpatrick v