Interim Remedies: Mastering the Pre-emptive Strike in High Stakes Litigation 2023

Course Chair
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

About the Course Chair

Chilwin Cheng is a skillful business litigator with deep experience in civil litigation, regulatory and criminal defence work, and public law. He is experienced in his fields, as senior counsel, and having been Chief Counsel of the regulator of Canada's public equities markets and trading systems, a prosecutor with the BC Securities Commission, and a former Crown counsel.

He has been counsel in numerous interim and interlocutory proceedings, including Mareva injunctions, preservation orders, receivership, and regulatory orders. His current work includes cases involving the intersection of criminal and regulatory investigations and s. 7 of the Charter, a challenge under federalism principles, and has had recent success in the Court of Appeal challenging provincial regulators. He's a thought leader in law practice innovation and a pioneer in the legal industry using quantitative approaches to litigation assessment and management as Chair of the CBA BC's Business Practice and Innovation Committee. He has led many CLEBC conferences, including the 2022 Regulatory Proceedings and White-Collar Defence conference, a convening of leading practitioners in the province.

Faculty
The Honourable Mr. Justice David A. Crerar — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Dean A. Crawford, KC — Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP, Vancouver
Jeremy Gellis — Cozen O'Connor LLP, Vancouver
Graeme A. Hooper — MLG Law Corporation, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Brent Olthuis, KC — Olthuis Van Ert, Vancouver
Mark Oulton — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP,  Vancouver

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

Freezing and Forfeiture Orders before the BC Securities Commission (9:05 – 9:55)

Jeremy Gellis — Cozen O'Connor LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (9:55 – 10:00)

Mareva Injunctions and Preservation Orders (10:00 – 10:50)

The Honourable Mr. Justice David A. Crerar — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:50 – 10:55)

Employment Injunctions (10:55 – 11:45)

Dean A. Crawford, KC — Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (11:45 – 12:30)

Civil Forfeiture (12:30 – 1:20)

Brent Olthuis, KC — Olthuis Van Ert, Vancouver

BREAK (1:20 – 1:25)

Criminal Contempt Proceedings (1:25 – 2:15)

Speaker TBA

BREAK (2:15 – 2:25)

Regulatory Orders (2:25 – 3:15)

Graeme A. Hooper — MLG Law Corporation, Vancouver
Mark Oulton — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP,  Vancouver

BREAK (3:15 – 3:20)

Practical Issues (3:20 – 4:10)

Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:10 – 4:15)

Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver