Welcome and Introduction
David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Judicial Panel
- best practices: a view from the bench
- the most common mistakes seen in court
- how to be more effective as counsel
The Honourable Mr. Justice Murray B. Blok — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
The Honourable Madam Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Master Heather M. McNaughton — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Panel of Learned Litigators
- what experienced counsel know and apply
- professionalism
- managing the client and managing the file
D. Geoffrey Cowper, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Gerald W.J. Ghikas, QC — Vancouver Arbitration Chambers, Vancouver
George K. Macintosh, QC — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Stephen R. Schachter, QC — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
Conceptualizing the Case for Presentation at Trial
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the role of the theory of the case
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discovery and trial preparation
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strategy and tactics and the course of trial
Irwin G. Nathanson, QC — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Strategies for Responding to Unrepresented Litigants
- risks
- strategic use of applications to strike
- ethical issues
Howard A. Mickelson, QC — Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP, Vancouver
Networking Lunch
Mareva Freezing Orders: What’s Hot and an Admonition to Cool it Down
- latest developments in the law of freezing orders
- ethical issues
- risks and pitfalls
David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Can You Still Sue?: BC’s New Limitation Act
- new default limitation periods
- contribution and indemnity
- transition provisions
- strategic considerations
- any case law?
Ludmila B. Herbst — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Litigator’s Heresy: Why Settlement is a Worthy Goal
- what factors drive settlement
- how to talk your client to the table
- how to bring opposing counsel (or their client) on board
- how to use tactical litigation to spur on settlement
- what types of cases are not (or at least less) amenable to settlement
- what types of parties are not (or at least less) amenable to settlement
Roy W. Millen — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
Developments in the Law of Privilege
- solicitor-client privilege: how to protect it; new ways to lose it
- litigation privilege: what does it protect now?
- settlement privilege: the implications of Sable Offshore Energy Inc. v. Ameron International Corp., 2013 SCC 37
- novel privilege issues: litigation funding agreements
Robert J.C. Deane — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
The Ridiculous and the Sublime: Recent Trends in Employment Litigation that Every Litigator Needs to Know
- damages—from moral to punitive
- employment litigation miscellany—from contracts to conduct and all points in-between
James D. Kondopulos — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Gavin A. Marshall — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Preliminary Motions for Final Judgment
Ryan D.W. Dalziel — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Concluding Remarks
David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver