Course Chairs
The Honourable Justice Catherine A. Murray — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Andrew I. Nathanson, KC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
A graduate of UBC law School, Madam Justice Murray worked almost her whole career as Crown counsel. She received her QC designation in 2008 and was appointed to the BC Supreme Court in October 2016.
During her career with the Crown, she prosecuted many serious cases, including the last two Kelly Ellard cases and the Surrey Six.
She has been involved in teaching advocacy to Crown counsel around the province and through CLEBC for the past 15 years.
Andrew Nathanson, KC (BA (UBC, 1992), LLB (University of Toronto, 1995)) is a partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Vancouver and co-leader of the firm's national White Collar Defence and Investigations group.
He practices in the areas of commercial litigation, white-collar crime, and the defence of regulatory offences. He has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Nathanson's practice includes complex commercial disputes, often involving claims for interim relief; shareholders' disputes; and fraud and other white-collar crime. He has defended charges brought under the Fisheries Act, Environmental Management Act, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and other environmental legislation. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Nathanson was counsel to Teck Coal, resolving charges in what would otherwise have been the largest environmental trial in Canadian history. Mr. Nathanson also has an interest in constitutional law. His public law cases have involved the constitutionality of Insite, Vancouver's supervised injection site; jury secrecy rules and when an acquittal may be set aside for a reasonable apprehension of bias; the validity of the Canada Elections Act ban on premature transmission of federal election results; civilian police oversight; the constitutionality of the offence of human trafficking in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and whether mandatory minimum sentences constitute cruel and unusual punishment contrary to s. 12 of the Charter.
Mr. Nathanson is a former adjunct professor of civil procedure at UBC Faculty of Law, an honorary member of the UK's Commercial Bar Association and a CLE contributor in the areas of restitution, evidence, and trial advocacy.
Team Leaders
John D. Cliffe, KC — Cliffe Tobias Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver
P. John G. Landry, KC — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Amy M. Nathanson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Jeffrey P. Scouten — Scouten & Rogers, Vancouver