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Registrar lacks jurisdiction to add new professional misconduct allegations after a discipline hearing has commenced.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons appealed a Divisional Court order quashing an Amended Notice of Hearing.
During an ongoing discipline hearing against the respondent physician, the College's Registrar signed an Amended Notice of Hearing to add new allegations from a different complainant without following the statutory referral process.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that professional discipline legislation must be strictly construed.
The Registrar lacked statutory authority to amend the notice or join new complaints mid-hearing, and the procedure violated the physician's right to prior notice under the Statutory Powers Procedure Act.
Indeterminate compensatory spousal support upheld where wife suffered permanent economic disadvantage despite achieving self-sufficiency.
The appellant husband appealed a trial judgment awarding the respondent wife $2,500 monthly in indeterminate compensatory spousal support, $35,000 in retroactive support, and child support based on a three-year income average.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the wife suffered permanent economic disadvantage by postponing her education to support the husband's university studies early in the marriage.
The Court held that the wife's current income did not negate her entitlement to long-term compensatory support to reflect the parties' former joint standard of living.
