Merely a Witness? The Uncertain Rights of a Complainant in Disciplinary Proceedings

Is the law surrounding the rights of complainants in disciplinary proceedings sufficiently settled so as to allow for a Court to dismiss the complainants’ application for judicial review without a full hearing on the merits? That is the question that the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench was required to determine in Warman v. Law Society of Alberta, 2015 ABQB 230.

The Court determined that the standing of a complainant and the fairness to be afforded to a complainant prior to a hearing are not settled issues and that a full hearing regarding the issues was required.

 

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