Insurance Law Conference 2024

Course Chairs
Richard B. Lindsay, KC — Cornish Margolis Boyd, Vancouver
Gregory J. Tucker, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs
Richard Lindsay, KC is a mediator/arbitrator with Cornish Margolis Boyd in Vancouver. His practice for over 40 years focused on general insurance litigation, with particular emphasis on products liability, engineering, energy, and fire related matters. Richard's areas of specific interest include complex multi-party litigation, construction, professional liability, subrogation, fraudulent claims, coverage, and catastrophic injury cases with significant liability issues. Richard has extensive trial and appellate court experience.

Appointed King's Counsel in 2003, Richard was admitted to the BC bar in 1978. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in 1971 from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1977 from UBC. His pre-law experience was as a Civil Engineer.

Richard is past president of the Canadian Defence Lawyers which presented him with the celebrated Lee Samis Award of Excellence in 2006. He has served on the Hearing Panel pool for the Law Society of BC. He is a past Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Richard has chaired CLEBC's Insurance Law Conference since time immemorable.

Greg Tucker is head of Owen Bird's insurance group, and practices commercial litigation, with a focus on insurance, including the following areas:

Coverage. Greg advises insurers on coverage under a wide range of policies including commercial property, builders risk, general and commercial liability, wrap-up liability, professional liability, directors & officers, errors & omissions, hull and machinery, P&I, cargo, and environmental impairment. Greg has acted as counsel or otherwise advised in complex coverage disputes, including disputes involving bad faith allegations, cross-border issues, complex trigger and allocation issues, reinsurance disputes, primary-excess disputes, and breach of warranty or condition.

Energy. Greg has acted as counsel and/or advised in a wide range of energy matters including pipeline, rig, plant, tank and platform failures. Greg has sat as a member of the BC Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, the Forest Appeals Commission, and the Environmental Appeal Board.

Marine. Greg has acted as counsel and/or advised in a wide range of maritime matters, including complex cargo claims, ship collisions, and crew injury claims. Greg acts in this area for P&I clubs, hull and machinery insurers, cargo insurers, port authorities, and major terminals.

Defence and Subrogation. Greg has acted in a wide range of commercial litigation matters, as insurance defence counsel or otherwise, including product liability claims, aviation claims, mining disputes, social/commercial host liability claims, professional negligence claims, contract disputes, commercial agriculture disputes, shareholder disputes, and oppression/derivative action claims. Greg has acted and advised in connection with class actions, including product liability class actions.

Arbitration and Appraisal. Greg has acted as arbitrator and appraiser in connection with insurance disputes.

Non-insurance Counsel Work. Greg occasionally acts as counsel in non-insurance matters, in certain specific areas of practice, including judicial reviews and statutory appeal, First Nations consultation/accommodation disputes, complex insolvency proceedings, and proceedings to enforce contractual/intellectual property rights.

Faculty
The Honourable Justice Julie K. Lamb — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Aidan Cameron — McLean & Armstrong LLP, West Vancouver
J. Brian Casey, FCIArb — Bay Street Chambers, Toronto
Brian Cheng — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Andrew N. Epstein — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver
Gordon G. Hilliker, KC — Barrister & Solicitor, Belcarra
Jonathan L.S. Hodes — Gascon & Associates LLP, Vancouver
Dean P.J. Lawton, KC — Cafra Lawton LLP, Victoria
Nikta Shirazian — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Mark M. Skorah, KC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
Kaitlin Smiley — Owen Bird Law Corporation Vancouver
Denis H. Smith — Senior Property Claims Management Specialist, McLarens International Inc., Vancouver
David Volk — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

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