The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) investigated a cheating scandal involving the November 2021 licensing exams.
Based on statistical anomalies, the LSO voided the applicants' exam results and their registration in the licensing process without holding a hearing.
The applicants sought judicial review.
The Divisional Court held that while voiding the compromised exams was a reasonable administrative measure, voiding the applicants' registration and imposing regulatory sanctions without a hearing breached procedural fairness.
The court quashed the punitive sanctions and remitted the matters to the LSO.
