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Personal Injury Conference 2010
Vancouver course: Friday, October 15, 2010; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm; Pan Pacific Hotel, 999 Canada Place
Video Repeats: For start time and location: call your local County Coordinator.
Who should attend: Personal injury counsel, both plaintiff and defence, at all levels of experience.
Learning level: All levels
The updates, the issues, the information you need!
This conference is CLEBC’s comprehensive annual program on personal injury practice for all personal injury litigators, junior and experienced, plaintiff bar and defence bar. As in past years, the program will cover an eclectic mix of established and current topics ranging across a broad spectrum: case law updates, important substantive issues, expert evidence, professionalism and ethics, medical professionals, and law practice management. An important focus of the conference is to provide registrants with practical practice related advice from highly experienced personal injury counsel.
 CLEBC is piloting the use of Twitter at this program. You can post a question or comment on Twitter using the hashtag: #clebcpi. Want to find out more? Download: A Guide for Using Twitter at CLEBC Programs.
Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (a minimum of 1 hour will involve aspects of professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
Registration includes course materials and a networking lunch. Note: You will continue to receive a print copy of the materials at the course. In addition, you will receive an email with a link to the online version of the materials approximately one day before the course.
Course Chairs
Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Langley
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
CLEBC Program Lawyer
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
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Course Chairs
Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Langley
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Faculty
Dennis D. Chimich, MSc, PEng — MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists Ltd., Richmond
Steven H. Heringa — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver
Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver
Douglas MacAdams, QC — MacAdams Law Firm, Abbotsford
David McGivern — Jeffery & Calder, Vancouver
Alison Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Karen O’Byrne — Litigation Department, ICBC, Vancouver
Grant Ritchey — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
Mark Virgin — Stevens Virgin, Vancouver
R. Brian Webster, QC — Webster & Associates, Richmond
Welcome and Introduction
Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Langley
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Case Law Update
Alison Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Karen O’Byrne — Litigation Department, ICBC, Vancouver
Conflicts
- contingency fee agreements and/or funding for therapy
- multiple passengers in a vehicle
- Family Compensation Act claims
David McGivern — Jeffery & Calder, Vancouver
Networking Break
Is Swirski Dead?
- ethical issues for defence lawyers seeking to interview treating doctors
- ethical issues for doctors asked to speak to defence lawyers
- is Swirski good law in BC?
R. Brian Webster, QC — Webster & Associates, Richmond
Loss of Earning Capacity
- the BC Court of Appeal's restatement of the fundamental principles governing claims for loss of (future) earning capacity
- methods to assess types of loss of earning capacity cases
Mark Virgin — Stevens Virgin, Vancouver
Networking Lunch
Causation; Indivisible Injuries
- Bradley v. Groves
- how to distinguish between divisible and indivisible injuries
Grant Ritchey — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
Mitigation: How far is the Plaintiff Expected to Go?
Douglas MacAdams, QC — MacAdams Law Firm, Abbotsford
Assessing Motorcycle Helmet Effectiveness
- fracture mitigation
- brain injury risk
Dennis D. Chimich, MSc, PEng — MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists Ltd., Richmond
Networking Break
A New Tariff in Town: Costs Assessments under the Civil Rules
- entitlement to costs
- preparing bills of costs
- setting down assessments
- the tariff: how many units?
- "necessary or proper" disbursements
Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver
Lawyer as “Doctor”
- a role for counsel to play
- professional responsibility and ethics
Steven H. Heringa — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver
Concluding Remarks
Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Langley
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
This course has no current sessions.
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