Discipline tribunals often struggle when a practitioner requests an adjournment to obtain legal counsel. The right to have representation at a hearing affecting one’s livelihood
A regulator for horse racing imposed an interim suspension on a jockey after he had made threatening and abusive comments to another jockey, to a
Last week two significant reports addressing ineffective board governance were released. Both should concern professional regulators as they outline issues and challenges which many regulators
Just as the Supreme Court of Canada is on the eve of considering the standard of review of administrative decisions generally, an Ontario Court has
Two recent related decisions by the screening committee for the regulator of Ontario teachers reinforce the authority of screening committees to deal informally with concerns
As a general proposition it is the applicant for registration who has the burden of proving that they meet the entry requirements. However, this conceptual
Where an entry-to-practice examination involves clinical skills, it is particularly difficult to challenge (or defend) the outcome. The scoring typically involves the application of professional
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has upheld a finding of misconduct against an agrologist for making disparaging comments about other members of the profession and
Under Canada’s Constitution, the regulation of professions falls under provincial jurisdiction (i.e., property and civil rights). With rare exceptions (e.g., banking, immigration), professions are not
In The Law Society of Manitoba v Young, 2018 MBCA 126, http://canlii.ca/t/hwbp5 Manitoba’s highest court rejected an appeal made on the basis that the hearing