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Called to the Bar
  • Ontario (2002)
Education
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB (1999)
  • York University, Masters of Environment Studies (1999)
  • McGill University, BSc (Honours), Biology (1995)
Affiliations
  • Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation
  • The Advocates' Society
  • Ontario Bar Association

Amy Block

Partner
Practice Areas
Administrative & Public Law
Regulatory
Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Amy Block is a Partner in the Regulatory Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP whose practice is focused on professional self-regulation, administrative and public law, and civil litigation.

Prior to joining WeirFoulds, Amy was Senior Legal Counsel and Appeal & Review Lead for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. In this role, Amy built considerable experience over the course of 15 years litigating a wide variety of matters including conducting complex hearings involving allegations of sexual abuse, clinical incompetence and incapacity.

Amy has significant experience as appeal counsel, appearing at all levels of the court, including the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal of Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, on matters germane to administrative law and professional regulation, including licensing, investigative and discipline matters.

Amy is a trusted advisor with experience in diverse regulatory issues having advised various College Committees and departments, including with respect to the development of policy and legislative and regulatory amendments to health professional legislation.

Earlier in her career, Amy was a civil litigator with a Toronto-based boutique law firm focused on civil and commercial litigation involving private and public businesses, financial institutions and regulatory bodies.

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Experience
  • Intervenor counsel on an application for judicial review on the scope of free speech in the regulated professions
  • Intervenor counsel on appeal before the Supreme Court concerning the law of delay in administrative proceedings
  • Counsel on an application for judicial review involving the nature and extent of an adequate investigation
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the interpretation of the labour mobility provisions in the Regulated Health Professions Act
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the “good character” requirements in licensing/registration
  • Appellate and discipline counsel on a matter involving a constitutional challenge to professional misconduct provisions
  • Casella v. Ontario (College of Chiropodists), 2024 ONSC 899
  • Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685
  • Fagbemigun v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2642
  • Kustka v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2325
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2023] OJ No 1534, 2023 ONSC 2096
  • Kastner v Ontario (Health Professions Appeal and Review Board), 164 OR (3d) 657, 2023 ONSC 629
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 848, 523 CRR (2d) 295
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz, [2022] SCJ No 29, 2022 SCC 29, [2022] ACS no 29, 2022 CarswellSask 316, 2022 ACWS 492, 470 DLR (4th) 328, 510 CRR (2d) 199, 99 Admin LR (6th) 17
  • B.M.D. v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONCA 580
  • Dr. Jha v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 769
  • Savic v. CPSO, 2022 ONSC 303
  • Savic v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 4756
  • Hanson v. College of Physicians, 2021 ONSC 513
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lee, 2019 ONSC 4294
  • Doyle v. Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2019 ONSC 3905
  • Gutman v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 6936
  • Taylor v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 4562
  • Sliwin v College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1947378 C.R.R. (2d) 136
  • Zaki v Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1613
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 11
  • Alghaithy v Ontario (Attorney General), 2015 ONSC 5575
  • Karkanis v. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014 ONSC 7018
  • Chauhan v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 1621
  • Rathe v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 821, 307 OAC 116
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Noriega, 2012 ONSC 4084, 295 O.A.C. 81
  • Barbosa v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2012 ONSC 1761
    292 O.A.C. 176
  • Kumra v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2011 ONSC 2904
  • Yar v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2009] O.J. No. 1017

Notable Discipline Cases:

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Kadri, 2023 ONPSDT 15 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Waddell, 2020 ONCPSD 9
    (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Taliano, 2020 ONCPSD 42 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Kumra, 2019 ONCPSD 32 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Sundaralingam, 2019 ONCPSD 11
    (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Jamal, 2018 ONCPSD 21 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Picard, 2018 ONCPSD 64 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Izzeldin, 2018 ONCPSD 68 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Margaliot, 2016 ONCPSD 53 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. James, 2016 ONCPSD 6 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Marcin, 2016 ONCPSD 7 (CanLII),
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Glumac, 2016 ONCPSD 14 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Peirovy, 2015 ONCPSD 30 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 41 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 35 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, E. H, 2014 ONCPSD 31 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, 2015 ONCPSD 29 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Blair, 2011 ONCPSD 25 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 16 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 4 (CanLII)
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law (2025)
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in Administrative and Public Law (2025)
  • Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, July 2023 and July 2024
  • Mentor- Civil Litigation Practicum, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022 – 2023
  • Tutorial Leader, Medical Professional Legal Issues, University of Toronto Medical School, September 10, 2020
  • Tutorial Leader, Transition to Clerkship, University of Toronto Medical School, September 205, 2017
  • Tutorial Leader, Informed Consent, University of Toronto Medical School, January 16, 2016
  • The Advocates’ Society, Co-Chair and Executive Committee – Prosecutor’s Network Practice Group (2016 – 2018)
  • Intervenor counsel on an application for judicial review on the scope of free speech in the regulated professions
  • Intervenor counsel on appeal before the Supreme Court concerning the law of delay in administrative proceedings
  • Counsel on an application for judicial review involving the nature and extent of an adequate investigation
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the interpretation of the labour mobility provisions in the Regulated Health Professions Act
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the “good character” requirements in licensing/registration
  • Appellate and discipline counsel on a matter involving a constitutional challenge to professional misconduct provisions
  • Casella v. Ontario (College of Chiropodists), 2024 ONSC 899
  • Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685
  • Fagbemigun v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2642
  • Kustka v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2325
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2023] OJ No 1534, 2023 ONSC 2096
  • Kastner v Ontario (Health Professions Appeal and Review Board), 164 OR (3d) 657, 2023 ONSC 629
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 848, 523 CRR (2d) 295
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz, [2022] SCJ No 29, 2022 SCC 29, [2022] ACS no 29, 2022 CarswellSask 316, 2022 ACWS 492, 470 DLR (4th) 328, 510 CRR (2d) 199, 99 Admin LR (6th) 17
  • B.M.D. v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONCA 580
  • Dr. Jha v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 769
  • Savic v. CPSO, 2022 ONSC 303
  • Savic v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 4756
  • Hanson v. College of Physicians, 2021 ONSC 513
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lee, 2019 ONSC 4294
  • Doyle v. Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2019 ONSC 3905
  • Gutman v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 6936
  • Taylor v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 4562
  • Sliwin v College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1947378 C.R.R. (2d) 136
  • Zaki v Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1613
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 11
  • Alghaithy v Ontario (Attorney General), 2015 ONSC 5575
  • Karkanis v. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014 ONSC 7018
  • Chauhan v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 1621
  • Rathe v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 821, 307 OAC 116
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Noriega, 2012 ONSC 4084, 295 O.A.C. 81
  • Barbosa v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2012 ONSC 1761
    292 O.A.C. 176
  • Kumra v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2011 ONSC 2904
  • Yar v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2009] O.J. No. 1017

Notable Discipline Cases:

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Kadri, 2023 ONPSDT 15 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Waddell, 2020 ONCPSD 9
    (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Taliano, 2020 ONCPSD 42 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Kumra, 2019 ONCPSD 32 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Sundaralingam, 2019 ONCPSD 11
    (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Jamal, 2018 ONCPSD 21 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Picard, 2018 ONCPSD 64 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Izzeldin, 2018 ONCPSD 68 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Margaliot, 2016 ONCPSD 53 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. James, 2016 ONCPSD 6 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Marcin, 2016 ONCPSD 7 (CanLII),
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Glumac, 2016 ONCPSD 14 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Peirovy, 2015 ONCPSD 30 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 41 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 35 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, E. H, 2014 ONCPSD 31 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, 2015 ONCPSD 29 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Blair, 2011 ONCPSD 25 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 16 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 4 (CanLII)
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law (2025)
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in Administrative and Public Law (2025)
  • Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, July 2023 and July 2024
  • Mentor- Civil Litigation Practicum, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022 – 2023
  • Tutorial Leader, Medical Professional Legal Issues, University of Toronto Medical School, September 10, 2020
  • Tutorial Leader, Transition to Clerkship, University of Toronto Medical School, September 205, 2017
  • Tutorial Leader, Informed Consent, University of Toronto Medical School, January 16, 2016
  • The Advocates’ Society, Co-Chair and Executive Committee – Prosecutor’s Network Practice Group (2016 – 2018)

Amy Block is a Partner in the Regulatory Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP whose practice is focused on professional self-regulation, administrative and public law, and civil litigation.

Prior to joining WeirFoulds, Amy was Senior Legal Counsel and Appeal & Review Lead for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. In this role, Amy built considerable experience over the course of 15 years litigating a wide variety of matters including conducting complex hearings involving allegations of sexual abuse, clinical incompetence and incapacity.

Amy has significant experience as appeal counsel, appearing at all levels of the court, including the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal of Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, on matters germane to administrative law and professional regulation, including licensing, investigative and discipline matters.

Amy is a trusted advisor with experience in diverse regulatory issues having advised various College Committees and departments, including with respect to the development of policy and legislative and regulatory amendments to health professional legislation.

Earlier in her career, Amy was a civil litigator with a Toronto-based boutique law firm focused on civil and commercial litigation involving private and public businesses, financial institutions and regulatory bodies.

Read More +
Experience
  • Intervenor counsel on an application for judicial review on the scope of free speech in the regulated professions
  • Intervenor counsel on appeal before the Supreme Court concerning the law of delay in administrative proceedings
  • Counsel on an application for judicial review involving the nature and extent of an adequate investigation
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the interpretation of the labour mobility provisions in the Regulated Health Professions Act
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the “good character” requirements in licensing/registration
  • Appellate and discipline counsel on a matter involving a constitutional challenge to professional misconduct provisions
  • Casella v. Ontario (College of Chiropodists), 2024 ONSC 899
  • Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685
  • Fagbemigun v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2642
  • Kustka v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2325
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2023] OJ No 1534, 2023 ONSC 2096
  • Kastner v Ontario (Health Professions Appeal and Review Board), 164 OR (3d) 657, 2023 ONSC 629
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 848, 523 CRR (2d) 295
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz, [2022] SCJ No 29, 2022 SCC 29, [2022] ACS no 29, 2022 CarswellSask 316, 2022 ACWS 492, 470 DLR (4th) 328, 510 CRR (2d) 199, 99 Admin LR (6th) 17
  • B.M.D. v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONCA 580
  • Dr. Jha v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 769
  • Savic v. CPSO, 2022 ONSC 303
  • Savic v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 4756
  • Hanson v. College of Physicians, 2021 ONSC 513
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lee, 2019 ONSC 4294
  • Doyle v. Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2019 ONSC 3905
  • Gutman v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 6936
  • Taylor v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 4562
  • Sliwin v College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1947378 C.R.R. (2d) 136
  • Zaki v Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1613
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 11
  • Alghaithy v Ontario (Attorney General), 2015 ONSC 5575
  • Karkanis v. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014 ONSC 7018
  • Chauhan v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 1621
  • Rathe v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 821, 307 OAC 116
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Noriega, 2012 ONSC 4084, 295 O.A.C. 81
  • Barbosa v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2012 ONSC 1761
    292 O.A.C. 176
  • Kumra v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2011 ONSC 2904
  • Yar v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2009] O.J. No. 1017

Notable Discipline Cases:

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Kadri, 2023 ONPSDT 15 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Waddell, 2020 ONCPSD 9
    (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Taliano, 2020 ONCPSD 42 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Kumra, 2019 ONCPSD 32 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Sundaralingam, 2019 ONCPSD 11
    (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Jamal, 2018 ONCPSD 21 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Picard, 2018 ONCPSD 64 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Izzeldin, 2018 ONCPSD 68 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Margaliot, 2016 ONCPSD 53 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. James, 2016 ONCPSD 6 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Marcin, 2016 ONCPSD 7 (CanLII),
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Glumac, 2016 ONCPSD 14 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Peirovy, 2015 ONCPSD 30 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 41 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 35 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, E. H, 2014 ONCPSD 31 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, 2015 ONCPSD 29 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Blair, 2011 ONCPSD 25 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 16 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 4 (CanLII)
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law (2025)
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in Administrative and Public Law (2025)
  • Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, July 2023 and July 2024
  • Mentor- Civil Litigation Practicum, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022 – 2023
  • Tutorial Leader, Medical Professional Legal Issues, University of Toronto Medical School, September 10, 2020
  • Tutorial Leader, Transition to Clerkship, University of Toronto Medical School, September 205, 2017
  • Tutorial Leader, Informed Consent, University of Toronto Medical School, January 16, 2016
  • The Advocates’ Society, Co-Chair and Executive Committee – Prosecutor’s Network Practice Group (2016 – 2018)
  • Intervenor counsel on an application for judicial review on the scope of free speech in the regulated professions
  • Intervenor counsel on appeal before the Supreme Court concerning the law of delay in administrative proceedings
  • Counsel on an application for judicial review involving the nature and extent of an adequate investigation
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the interpretation of the labour mobility provisions in the Regulated Health Professions Act
  • Appellate counsel on an appeal concerning the “good character” requirements in licensing/registration
  • Appellate and discipline counsel on a matter involving a constitutional challenge to professional misconduct provisions
  • Casella v. Ontario (College of Chiropodists), 2024 ONSC 899
  • Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685
  • Fagbemigun v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2642
  • Kustka v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2325
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2023] OJ No 1534, 2023 ONSC 2096
  • Kastner v Ontario (Health Professions Appeal and Review Board), 164 OR (3d) 657, 2023 ONSC 629
  • Khan v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 848, 523 CRR (2d) 295
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz, [2022] SCJ No 29, 2022 SCC 29, [2022] ACS no 29, 2022 CarswellSask 316, 2022 ACWS 492, 470 DLR (4th) 328, 510 CRR (2d) 199, 99 Admin LR (6th) 17
  • B.M.D. v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONCA 580
  • Dr. Jha v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 769
  • Savic v. CPSO, 2022 ONSC 303
  • Savic v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 4756
  • Hanson v. College of Physicians, 2021 ONSC 513
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lee, 2019 ONSC 4294
  • Doyle v. Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2019 ONSC 3905
  • Gutman v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 6936
  • Taylor v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 4562
  • Sliwin v College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1947378 C.R.R. (2d) 136
  • Zaki v Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 ONSC 1613
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 11
  • Alghaithy v Ontario (Attorney General), 2015 ONSC 5575
  • Karkanis v. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014 ONSC 7018
  • Chauhan v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 1621
  • Rathe v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2013 ONSC 821, 307 OAC 116
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Noriega, 2012 ONSC 4084, 295 O.A.C. 81
  • Barbosa v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2012 ONSC 1761
    292 O.A.C. 176
  • Kumra v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2011 ONSC 2904
  • Yar v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2009] O.J. No. 1017

Notable Discipline Cases:

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Kadri, 2023 ONPSDT 15 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Waddell, 2020 ONCPSD 9
    (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Taliano, 2020 ONCPSD 42 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Kumra, 2019 ONCPSD 32 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Sundaralingam, 2019 ONCPSD 11
    (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Jamal, 2018 ONCPSD 21 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Picard, 2018 ONCPSD 64 (CanLII),
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Izzeldin, 2018 ONCPSD 68 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Margaliot, 2016 ONCPSD 53 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. James, 2016 ONCPSD 6 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Marcin, 2016 ONCPSD 7 (CanLII),
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v Glumac, 2016 ONCPSD 14 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Peirovy, 2015 ONCPSD 30 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 41 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Iqbal, 2015 ONCPSD 35 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, E. H, 2014 ONCPSD 31 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Noriega, 2015 ONCPSD 29 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Blair, 2011 ONCPSD 25 (CanLII)
  • Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 16 (CanLII); Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Karkanis, 2010 ONCPSD 4 (CanLII)
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law (2025)
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in Administrative and Public Law (2025)
  • Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, July 2023 and July 2024
  • Mentor- Civil Litigation Practicum, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022 – 2023
  • Tutorial Leader, Medical Professional Legal Issues, University of Toronto Medical School, September 10, 2020
  • Tutorial Leader, Transition to Clerkship, University of Toronto Medical School, September 205, 2017
  • Tutorial Leader, Informed Consent, University of Toronto Medical School, January 16, 2016
  • The Advocates’ Society, Co-Chair and Executive Committee – Prosecutor’s Network Practice Group (2016 – 2018)
Called to the Bar
  • Ontario (2002)
Education
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB (1999)
  • York University, Masters of Environment Studies (1999)
  • McGill University, BSc (Honours), Biology (1995)
Affiliations
  • Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation
  • The Advocates' Society
  • Ontario Bar Association
Upcoming Event
May 21 2025
  • Webinar

Working with Expert Witnesses – The Advocates’ Society

Partner Amy Block will serve as program co-chair and Partner Ben Kates will speak during Working with Expert Witnesses, a plenary program that will be hosted by The Advocates’ Society on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

  • Speakers: Amy Block, Ben Kates
Speaking Engagements
  • Co-Chair, “Working with Expert Witnesses”, The Advocates’ Society, Online, May 21, 2025
  • Speaker, “Court Challenges to Professional Discipline Decisions”, Prosecuting and Defending Professional Discipline Cases, Osgoode Professional Development, Toronto, ON, April 22, 2025
  • Speaker, “Eight-Minute Administrative Law and Practice 2025”, Law Society of Ontario, Online, March 5, 2025
  • Speaker, “Admin Law Blast: Chart Topping Cases of 2024”, Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators 36th Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, November 14, 2024
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  • Chair, “Professionalism and Practice Management Issues in Administrative Law 2023”, Law Society of Ontario, Online, October 6, 2022
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