Sentences with phrase «act of professional misconduct»

This power is intended to be used if there is reasonable and probable grounds that an HRPA member has committed an act of professional misconduct.

(a) the Registrar believes on reasonable and probable grounds that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct or is incompetent and the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee approves of the appointment;

71.1 Section 71 also applies to an order made by a panel of the Discipline Committee because of a finding that a member has committed sexual abuse of the kind described in paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (5) or an act of professional misconduct described in subsection 51 (5.2).

53.1 In an appropriate case, a panel may make an order requiring a member who the panel finds has committed an act of professional misconduct or finds to be incompetent to pay all or part of the following costs and expenses:

It is — or once was — a crime, a tort, and an act of professional misconduct.

These operations were based on allegations of corruptions and other acts of professional misconduct by a few of the suspected Judges.

Peirovy was found guilty by the panel last July of «acts of professional misconduct in that he engaged in the sexual abuse» of four patients.

Not exact matches

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

[1] Global warming conspiracy theorists typically allege that, through worldwide acts of professional and criminal misconduct, the science behind global warming has been invented or distorted for ideological or financial reasons, or both.

The lawyer had a history of professional misconduct, including acting in conflict of interest and failing to comply with an undertaking.

So when a lawyer fears a client's disapproval (or wants the client's approval), where the lawyer works in an environment in which certain kinds of misconduct become normalized or excused, where conformity is valued, or, conversely, creativity in «interpreting» rules is, it is not really that surprising that that lawyer does not act to prevent misconduct, even where satisfaction of his personal or professional obligations should lead him to do so.

[2] The Law Society Act provides that the Law Society has certain investigative powers where the conclusion is reached that there is sufficient information indicative of professional misconduct or lack of capacity.

Where, for example, a registrant or member suffers from an alcohol or drug addiction, a regulator must accommodate that disability to the point of undue hardship when addressing professional misconduct resulting from that disability, or when addressing the registrant's competence, or when acting under any provision relating specifically to addictions that may impair the professional's ability to practice, e.g., under sections 33 (4)(e) and 39 (1)(e) of the Health Professions Act.

The Court upheld a decision of The Law Society of Manitoba's Discipline Panel finding a lawyer guilty of professional misconduct for, inter alia, failing to give notice to the Director of Insurance of the Law Society as soon as practicable after becoming aware of any acts or omissions that might give rise to a claim.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society charges Lyle Howe, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b) of the Act.

It must be enshrined in the 2007 Act that, in accordance with professionals» constitutional right to earn a livelihood, the standard of proof of which the Professional Conduct Committee, Health Committee or Council must be satisfied as regards an allegation of professional misconduct or poor professional performance is «beyond a reasonable dProfessional Conduct Committee, Health Committee or Council must be satisfied as regards an allegation of professional misconduct or poor professional performance is «beyond a reasonable dprofessional misconduct or poor professional performance is «beyond a reasonable dprofessional performance is «beyond a reasonable doubt».

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society charges Duane Rhyno, of Halifax, Nova Scotia with professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming in that he breached provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Proprofessional misconduct and conduct unbecoming in that he breached provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal ProProfessional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act.

In acting for professionals, Lisa has defended them against allegations of misconduct, incompetence, and registration.

The court noted, however, the registrar should «should provide a brief description of the act (s) of professional misconduct he or she believes on reasonable and probable grounds were committed.»

This HPRB decision will, in any event, likely force colleges to develop a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between different forms of negligent acts or other civil wrongs, and professional misconduct.

Similarly, a complainant may seek to use, in court, any disciplinary findings that certain acts of negligence amount to professional misconduct (although this possibility has existed since before this HPRB decision).

John is currently advising and acting on behalf of the claimants in a number of professional negligence cases including: a farmer in a case against an architect arising from the collapse of a barn roof; a SME in a case against a barrister and a solicitor arising from the misconduct of litigation against two separate finance companies in related disputes; a trustee in bankruptcy in a case against a solicitor arising from the misconduct of litigation against a financial advisor; and another trustee in bankruptcy in a case against a solicitor arising from the misconduct of a commercial property transaction.

As I have written in a recent article on the topic of shoplifting demand letters, when lawyers send letters that mislead the public as to their legal obligations, there is a strong case that these lawyers are breaching rules of professional misconduct by, among other things, knowingly assisting their clients in dishonest conduct and violating their obligations to act in good faith and practice law with integrity.

Although the risk of liability may currently act as a disincentive for advisers to misuse threats to sue, we thought that this could and should be dealt with as professional misconduct.

That was one of the issues in a Law Society Tribunal case in which the panel made findings of professional misconduct against a Whitby, Ont., lawyer who acted for a client in her matrimonial dispute.

For example, Rule 3.2 - 8 of LSUC's Rules of Professional Conduct directs in - house counsel who know that their employer «has acted, is acting or intends to act dishonestly, fraudulently, criminally or illegally» to report the misconduct up the governance ladder and then silently withdraw if the misconduct persists.

Where a complaint has been received from a consumer or a licensee, the Council may conduct an investigation to determine whether a licensee has committed professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee within the meaning of the Real Estate Services Act.

This may include the strata council submitting a complaint to the Council with respect to the conduct of the strata manager if the strata council believes the strata manager has committed professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee under the Real Estate Services Act.

4 DOS APP 02 Matter of DOS v. Hecht - business practices; commissions; broker's past acts can not be used against him as evidence of repeated misconduct on a charge of illegal business practices where such conduct is being now first reviewed for untrustworthiness; charging fees in excess of professional norms, absent a showing of unique services offered above and beyond those services normally rendered by a real estate broker, demonstrates untrustworthiness; broker's current commission rates are far in excess of rates established by custom and usage; ALJ's decision modified, license suspended until one month after broker refunds amount in excess of rates established by custom and usage