Category: Professional Discipline

Wang v. British Columbia Medical Association, 2008 BCSC 1559, is another recent analysis of fairness rules in the context of a voluntary professional association. The decision has an excellent summary of the law concerning rules of fairness in voluntary professional…

The question often arises as to when a record of discipline should be removed from a professional's discipline history. The Law Society of Upper Canada has recently confirmed its policy of permanently maintaining Lawyer's Discipline files open to the public.

See this decision from the BC Financial Services Tribunal for a sample of the kind of arguments made in the case of a realtor denied his license on the basis of a past criminal record. The case includes a review…