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Where a tribunal or court has the power to review a decision on a “reasonablenessâ€� standard, it must not reweigh the evidence. Some guidance on this nuanced task is given in The Professional Conduct Committee of the CPAO v Siddiqi, 2026 ONSC 2190 (CanLII). The applicant’s licence as a chartere … Read more »

While the Supreme Court of Canada has said in Reference re Pan‑Canadian Securities Regulation, 2018 SCC 48 (CanLII), [2018] 3 SCR 189, that a national regulator of an industry or profession is constitutionally possible, so far, politically, it has been too high a hurdle to leap. Perhaps a more ach … Read more »

A report by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has broad implications for UK regulated professions with private equity investment (even though the focus of this report relates to veterinary practices). Over the last dozen years, six large veterinary groups in the UK have increased th … Read more »

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) of the United Kingdom is the oversight body for UK’s health and social work professions regulators. The PSA has just updated its Standards for Regulators which sets out the criteria for how it assesses and reports on their performance. Some highlights tha … Read more »

No one engaging in the unauthorized practice of medicine can rely “on ‘weasel words’ to avoid accountability and gloss over the substance of what [they are] actually doing.â€� So says an Alberta Court in: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta v Makis, 2026 ABKB 159 (CanLII). Mr. Makis, … Read more »