Annual Review of Law & Practice - 2018

Quick access to the year’s most important legal developments

This book is essential for: anyone who wants to update their knowledge of British Columbia law.

Current to: January 1, 2018

It’s hard to keep current with all the changes in your practice area, and even harder to stay on top of changes in other practice areas. In Annual Review of Law & Practice, leading members of the BC bar succinctly summarize and analyze major legal developments in over 30 areas of practice every year. Stay up to date with significant legislative, case law, and practice developments with this handy and portable resource.

With this resource, you will be able to:

• save time finding the key decisions from the courts and tribunals over the year
• efficiently identify significant amendments to legislation and policies
• understand the impact of recent legal developments on your daily practice

Buy your copy and stay ahead today!

CONTENTS

• Aboriginal Law
  Robert J.M. Janes, QC — JFK Law Corporation, Victoria
  
  
• Administrative Law
  Greg J. Allen — Allen & McMillan LLP, Vancouver
  Eileen M. Patel — McEwan Partners LLP, Vancouver
  Meera R. Bennett — Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, Vancouver
  
  
• Civil Procedure
  • Costs
    Adam Howden-Duke  — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
    Matthew Van Nostrand — Murphy Battista LLP, Kelowna 
    Taylor-Marie Young  — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP - Kelowna
    
    
  • Court Rules
    Mark S. Oulton, Rebecca J. Robb and Nicole Gilewicz— Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
    
    
  • Small Claims Court
    Krista M. Johanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
    
    
• Commercial Law
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
    Gregory J. Gehlen, Carol M. Cash and Kalev A. Anniko — Gehlen Dabbs, Vancouver
    
    
  • Collections
    Gemma L. Whitehead — Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Vancouver
    Daniel R. Shouldice — Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
    
    Franchise Law
    Blair A. Rebane, Matthew G. Swanson and Eric C. Little — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
    
    
  • Personal Property Security Act
    Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
    
    
  • Shareholder Remedies
    Robert W. Cooper, QC  — McEwan Partners LLP, Vancouver
    Andrew Crabtree and Leah Plumridge — Crabtree Law, Vancouver
    
    
• Construction Law
  Stephen P. Coyle and Steven P. Chasey — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Contracts
  Bruce W. MacDougall — Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of BC, Vancouver
  
  
• Criminal Law
  Elizabeth A. Campbell, Susanne Elliott, Lindsay Pearce and Matthew G. Scott — Crown Law Division, Ministry of  Attorney General, Vancouver
  
  
• Environmental Law
  Dionysios Rossi, Erika Lambert-Shirzad and Timothy M. Pritchard  — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Evidence
  James C. MacInnis, Julia K. Lockhart and Kristen E. Withers — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Family Law
  Tamlin Cooper — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Human Rights
  Christopher M. McHardy and Ryley Mennie — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Immigration Law 
  Saba Z. Naqvi — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
  
  
• Insurance Law
  Mark M. Skorah, QC and Julie K. Lamb — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Intellectual Property Law
  
  • Copyright
    Athar K. Malik and Jeffrey F. Vicq — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
    
    
  • Patents
    Thomas W. Bailey — Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP, Vancouver
    
    
  • Trademarks
    D. Scott Lamb — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver 
    
    
• International Law
  Monique Pongracic-Speier, QC — Ethos Law Group LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Internet Law
  Bradley J. Freedman — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Labour and Employment Law
  • Employment Law
    Steve M. Winder, Lisa M. Carlson and Andrew C. Nathan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
    
    
  • Labour Relations Board
    David T. McDonald — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
    
    Workers' Compensation
    Nick Bower — WorkSafeBC, Richmond
    
    
• Maritime Law
  Graham Walker, Dionysios Rossi and Auke Visser — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Municipal Law
  Barry S. Williamson — Young, Anderson, Kelowna
  
  
• Practice
  • Lawyers' Remuneration
    Greg T. Palm — Hamilton Duncan Armstrong + Stewart Law Corporation, Surrey
    
    
  • Professional Responsibility
    Jeffrey G. Hoskins, QC and Michael D. Lucas — Law Society of British Columbia, Vancouver
    
    
• Real Property Law
  Scott D. Smythe, Patrick Beechinor and Kate Macdonald — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
  Jordanna Cytrynbaum — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver
  
  
• Taxation
  Alexander C. Demner — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Torts
  Hunter Parsons — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  
  
• Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Adult Guardianship
  Heather D. Fisher — Horne Coupar, Victoria