Disciplinary and other committees often have the authority to impose terms, conditions and limitations (TCLs) on the practice of a practitioner. Little guidance is given
Many regulators have the authority to seek a court order to compel people to comply with the law. Recent decisions by the Courts have upheld
All practitioners have an obligation to cooperate with their regulator. At what point does a delay in providing information to the regulator demonstrate a lack
Mr. Colpitts, a lawyer, was convicted of a serious criminal offence. He appealed the conviction. In the meantime a resulting interim discipline process was adjourned,
Hearing panels have the responsibility to independently make decisions and draft their own reasons. However, courts have permitted some degree of peer review of decisions
There has been a noticeable push in the US to de-regulate professions on the basis that regulation restricts access to workers, drives up prices, and
A common method of regulation is to restrict the use of a term or designation to those who have met certain requirements. There has been
The Ontario Court of Appeal has re-affirmed the authority of regulators to make policies setting out the expectations of practitioners in the course of their
In complaints matters it is common, but not universal, that the prior complaints and discipline history of the practitioner will be reviewed. However, the weight
Litigants who abuse the legal system have been a challenge for many decades. Recently the approach of the courts to dealing with abusive litigants has