CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Case Law Update

Karen E. Jamieson — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver

Does Gender Matter? Special Consideration for Claims by Women

• medical dimensions of women’s injuries
• assessing damages in context
• practical strategies for advancing claims

Krista L. Simon — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Subrogation

Jan A. Fishman — Fishman Lawyers, Vancouver

Assessing Medical Evidence in Soft Tissue Claims

• patient complaints and objective evidence
• exposing underlying assumptions
• moving from facts to opinions

Kevin Gourlay — Murphy Battista LLP, Vancouver
Callum G. Kelly — Stevens Virgin, Vancouver
Aleksandra Mihailovic — Stevens Virgin, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Mediation Summaries and Settlement Briefs

• what to do and why to do it
• what is effective and what is not effective
• plaintiff and defence perspectives

 Peter Collins — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
 Sanjana P. Khaira — Sanjana Khaira Law Corporation, Surrey

Emerging Therapies in the Management of Chronic Pain

• case law on new therapies
• the theory behind the new therapies
• matching therapies with practitioners
• working with the experts

Lee Cowley — Cowley & Company, Surrey

Costs Update

• costs issues generally in personal injury litigation
• PST/GST and non-taxable costs
• cost assessment hearings

 Registrar Kathryn Sainty — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
 Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Cross-Examination of an Opposing Medical Expert: From Strategy to Tactics

• developing the plan
• focusing on the issues that will count
• staying on message and staying out of trouble

 James U. Buckley — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
 Harvi S. Grewal — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

Jan L. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
James D. Vilvang, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver