Professional Responsibility Litigation
Our team of experienced litigators are dedicated to representing professionals in a variety of industries who are facing allegations of professional misconduct and/or ethical violations. We understand that the reputation and livelihood of our clients are on the line, which is why we take a proactive and strategic approach to every case we handle.
Why hire us:
- We have acted for both regulators and professionals in a large number of regulated professions, including physicians, engineers, lawyers, psychologists, pharmacists and others.
- Leveraging our experience in working with different regulators, we have successfully avoided lengthy, expensive and embarrassing public hearings for many clients.
- Where hearings are unavoidable, we have an outstanding record of defending serious allegations of professional misconduct.
Cases
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Attallah, 2020 ONCPSD 38
Penalty hearing from a physician that was found to have improperly collected health card numbers and billed OHIP. Ryan and Jessica acted for the physician.
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario v SL, 2018 CanLII 81066 (ON HPARB)
Hearing of the application for registration of the Applicant with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Kevin acted for the successful Applicant.
Assn. of Professional Engineers of Ontario v. Lim, 2011 ONSC 5789 (Div. Ct.)
Appeal by engineer of costs decision following successful defence of discipline case. Ryan acted for the engineer
Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results and that the amount recovered and other litigation outcomes will vary according to the facts in individual cases.
Insights
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