Yesterday I wrote a blog regarding the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB). Today I’d like to discuss another Tribunal which is similarly named but concerns different aspects of the health care system in Ontario: the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB).
The HSARB is established under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [...]

The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) is an administrative tribunal established under the provincial legislation Regulated Health Profession Act,* 1991, and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998.^ It has jurisdiction to conduct complaint and registration reviews and hearings. Self-regulated health professions in Ontario are subject to [...]

A friend of mine had been receiving harassing phone calls demanding his personal information two or three times a day for the past few weeks. He suggested that I write a blog about combating harassing phone calls. Here are a few tips to help you deal with these calls effectively.
First, identify the nature of the [...]

Today I’d like to discuss the pertinent points of family arbitration agreement in Ontario.
Family arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution process involving a private third-party arbitrator to decide on the disputes between the parties under their consent. There may be more than one arbitrator in a proceeding.
The Ontario Family Law Act* expressly defines family arbitrations, agreements [...]

In administrative law, hearing before most administrative tribunals (such as the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Social Benefits Tribunal, and the Human Rights Tribunal, just to name a few,) can take place by telephone if requested by one of the parties. The tribunals generally are willing to grant such a request if a party has [...]