Personal Injury Conference 2010


Course Date: October 15, 2010

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


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