Shareholders' Disputes 2024

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2024-11-13 9:00 AM

End Date & Time

2024-11-13 4:30 PM

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Courses - Rebroadcast

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2025-03-07

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2025-03-07

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When a shareholder dispute arises—will you be ready with your litigation toolkit?

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
via webinar only

—Rebroadcasts—
On the rebroadcast date, you will have until midnight of that rebroadcast date to access the course. Please note that technical support will be available during regular CLEBC business hours.

Jump Start on CPD 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025

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Who should attend: Civil litigators, corporate counsel, in-house counsel, and corporate solicitors

Learning level: Intermediate

This course is a review of the major issues and processes currently shaping shareholders' litigation. Topics to be covered will include: the relationship between oppression claims and derivative actions, business valuations and buyouts, shareholder disputes involving family businesses, shareholder disputes in class proceedings, ethical issues arising in shareholder disputes, company wind-ups, and the role of alternative dispute resolution in shareholder disputes.

This comprehensive course will bring junior and experienced practitioners quickly up to speed on current developments in this critical niche of corporate practice.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Scott A. Dawson — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Judy A. Rost — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver

Pricing	EARLY BIRD Register by Oct. 16/24	Regular Price After Oct. 16/24
Live Webinar	$529	$599
Live Webinar Articled Student	$309	$309

Jump Start 2025	EARLY BIRD Register by Feb. 3/25	Regular Price After Feb. 3/25
Rebroadcast	$479	$549
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$279	$279

Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chairs
Scott A. Dawson — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Judy A. Rost — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs (photos and bios to follow)

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