The Court of Appeal quashed a disciplinary tribunal’s decision as unreasonable because it rested only on an assessment of credibility but was not supported by physical evidence, did not account for the totality of the evidence, and relied on hearsay evidence offered by parties who did not witness the events in question

25. January 2011 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – College of Licensed Practical Nurses – Nurses – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Judicial review – Witnesses – Evidence Parsons v. College of Licensed Practical Nurses, [2010] N.J. No. 374, 2010 NLTD(G) 182, Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court, December 1, 2010, R.M. Hall ...

The appeal by a licensed practical nurse (“Coffey”) from a decision of a panel of the discipline committee of the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba (the “College”) finding him guilty of professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a licensed practical nurse was dismissed where the court found that the conduct in question involved solicitation that contained false, inaccurate and misleading information which was circulated outside of the membership

27. May 2008 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – College of Licensed Practical Nurses – Nurses – Disciplinary proceedings – Professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming – Penalties and suspensions – Appeals – Judicial review – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter – Evidence Coffey v. College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba, [2008] M.J. No. 116, ...