Our litigation group has achieved a significant victory on behalf of Deloitte on an issue of general importance in the area of administrative law. The team was led by Robb Heintzman, Michael Schafler and Mark Evans, and ably supported by our research group Tim Banks, Christina Porretta, and articling student Christian Orton. The motion before Justice Perell concerned the retrospective application of a specific provision in the Chartered Accountants Act, 2010 that prohibits the use of evidence of administrative disciplinary proceedings in civil litigation. Not only did the Court agree with our position that the provision applied retrospectively as it is procedural in nature, the Court also made it clear that these types of provisions are a bar to arguments regarding issue estoppel and abuse of process. This decision is a reinforcement of the Government's policy objective to keep administrative and civil proceedings separate.