Professional Regulatory

Field Law serves as a trusted advisor to regulatory colleges and organizations across numerous sectors - health care, policing, legal, financial, engineering, geoscience plus many more - and provides strategic guidance on matters such as governance, legislative reform, registration, continuing competence, discipline, unauthorized practice and privacy.

With one of the largest and most experienced professional regulatory groups in Western Canada, our lawyers appear before a variety of tribunals to prosecute allegations of unprofessional conduct, resolve registration issues and act as independent legal counsel to tribunals. We provide support to professional regulatory tribunals and committees both during and after a hearing, assisting them to identify all of the important issues, to properly deal with evidence, to make well-reasoned and defensible decisions and to provide detailed written reasons for the tribunal or committees' decisions. We also have substantial experience at all levels of Court in applications for judicial review and appeals relating to the regulation of professions, and in defending lawsuits brought against regulatory organizations. Members of the group are authors of two books on professional regulation (The Annotated Health Professions Act and The Regulation of Professions in Canada) and numerous guides and handbooks for regulators.

Our lawyers have assisted clients with the development of new regulatory legislation and with the replacement of existing legislation including statutes, regulations, bylaws, codes and standards for the professions. We can provide assistance with research, stakeholder consultations, policy papers, policy review and drafting instructions or legislative drafting. Our lawyers can also assist regulatory organizations with the preparation of bylaw amendments and the enactment or revision of codes and standards for the profession in accordance with the governing legislation. 

At Field Law, we acknowledge that our clients are sophisticated professionals who are proficient in resolving many legal issues internally but provide them with support when complex situations arise involving significant legal risk that require a rapid response and our group's breadth of experience and industry knowledge. In these instances, we collaborate with our clients and deploy the right team to develop a timely, innovative solution that achieves the best outcome possible under the circumstances.

We take a proactive approach that empowers clients to make practical, effective decisions and take preventative measures to avoid conflict, including in-house training on industry trends and regular updates on matters of interest to professional regulators. We also help clients build an interactive community with their colleagues by hosting round table discussions and a variety of social events designed to facilitate strong relationships among community members.