CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

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

Case Law Update

Alison Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Karen O’Byrne — Litigation Department, ICBC, Vancouver

Conflicts

• contingency fee agreements and/or funding for therapy
• multiple passengers in a vehicle
• Family Compensation Act claims

David McGivern — Jeffery & Calder, Vancouver

Networking Break

Is Swirski Dead?

• ethical issues for defence lawyers seeking to interview treating doctors
• ethical issues for doctors asked to speak to defence lawyers
• is Swirski good law in BC?

R. Brian Webster, QC — Webster & Associates, Richmond

Loss of Earning Capacity

• the BC Court of Appeal's restatement of the fundamental principles governing claims for loss of (future) earning capacity
• methods to assess types of loss of earning capacity cases

Mark Virgin — Stevens Virgin, Vancouver

Networking Lunch 

Causation; Indivisible Injuries

• Bradley v. Groves
• how to distinguish between divisible and indivisible injuries 
   
  Grant Ritchey — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver

Mitigation: How far is the Plaintiff Expected to Go?

Douglas MacAdams, QC — MacAdams Law Firm, Abbotsford  

Assessing Motorcycle Helmet Effectiveness

• fracture mitigation
• brain injury risk

Dennis D. Chimich, MSc, PEng — MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists Ltd., Richmond 

Networking Break

A New Tariff in Town: Costs Assessments under the Civil Rules

• entitlement to costs
• preparing bills of costs
• setting down assessments
• the tariff: how many units?
• "necessary or proper" disbursements

Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver

Lawyer as “Doctor”

• a role for counsel to play
• professional responsibility and ethics

Steven H. Heringa — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

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