After a discipline hearing imposing sanctions on a veterinarian, he appealed on the basis that he did not have a fair hearing because his paralegal
To use diplomatic language, the case of R. v. Gashikanyi, 2017 ABCA 194 is an example of frank and vigorous debate within an appeal panel.
Can you bring a motion to a disciplinary tribunal and then later argue that they are biased because they presided over the motion? That strategy
What role should the complainant play in a regulator’s complaints and discipline process? One view is that the complainant merely provides information to the regulator
Are practitioners subject to a regulator when they are acting in another capacity? This issue arose in A.C. Waring and Associates Inc v Institute of
It is not enough for a complaints screening committee to say that the complaint does not raise a significant concern of professional misconduct. The committee
In a number of recent cases, regulators have found that practitioners have a professional relationship with people to whom they provide intermittent services unless the
Many regulators prohibit the use of testimonials because they may be inherently unverifiable and, thus, misleading. In addition, the process of gathering testimonials tests the
Can the sanction (or order) in a discipline hearing be determined by a panel that is different from the panel that made the finding of
In BSA Diagnostics Imaging Inc. v The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 1950, the Divisional Court upheld the legal authority of