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- Guidance on Guidelines
Courts have repeatedly indicated that guidelines can assist regulators when they are exercising discretion. Guidelines can ensure that decision-makers are reminded of the considerations that should go into the decision so as to facilitate consistent (and therefore, less arbitrary) decisions. However … Read more »
- Incivility, and Sanctioning for It
At some point for most professions, rudeness can cross the line from simply being unseemly to constituting professional misconduct. For lawyers advocating fearlessly on behalf of their clients, that bar is set quite high. At two criminal trials a lawyer made several belligerent comments attacking th … Read more »
- The Importance of Engaging with the Issues
The importance of addressing the significant issues raised when screening complaints was reinforced in Sarpong v Law Enforcement Complaints Agency, 2026 ONSC 3525 (CanLII). There, the complainant was “sitting in his car in a hotel parking lot, when the [police] officers approached him, demanded that … Read more »
- Another Good Faith Protection for Regulators
Most regulators are not liable for damages unless they act in bad faith. The rationale for this qualified immunity is to enable regulators to avoid being so concerned about being sued that they minimize their public protection activities. Ontario’s highest court provided a similar reassurance to reg … Read more »
- Failed Delivery
In Real Estate Council of Alberta v More, 2026 ABKB 459 (CanLII), the regulator received several complaints about a former registrant’s conduct which raised serious concerns, including misappropriating client money. Before being notified of the complaints, the registrant had permitted his licence to … Read more »