Does the College of Dental Surgeons have statutory immunity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McGregor v. Holyrood Manor, 2014 BCSC 679 (CanLII):
The College does not have statutory immunity when it acts in a malicious way, or without reasonable and probable cause, but the plaintiff has not alleged this, leaving no genuine issue for trial: Allen v. College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia, [2005] B.C.J. No. 1285 (S.C.), paras. 31-32.
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