Get Acceptance Corporation v. British Columbia (Registrar of Mortgage Brokers), 2008 BCCA 404, deals with collateral attack on the decision making powers of a professional discipline hearing body by way of a law suit. The issue in this case turned on whether the Registrar of Mortgages could be sued for posting hearing notices as opposed to that action having to be appealed through the slated statutory mechanism.

Turns out that the act of posting hearing notices is not an appealable decision under the statute and can be the basis for an action in Court. That decision does not speak to the merit of any such action and merely opens the door to a new category of possible actions.