CLE Online

Unsavoury Witnesses

• defining an “unsavoury” witness
• pre-trial assessment of whether to call an unsavoury witness
• dealing with an unsavoury witness at trial
• weighing the testimony of an unsavoury witness
• role of jury instructions

Moderator: Mary T. Ainslie — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Panelists:
Glen Orris, QC — Defence Counsel, Glen Orris Law Office, Vancouver
Nikos Harris — Defence Counsel, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of BC, Vancouver
Carmen Rogers — Crown Counsel, Victoria

Lunch With Featured Speaker: "The Truscott Story"

The Honourable Mr. Justice Marc Rosenberg — Court of Appeals for Ontario, Toronto

Confessions

• the common law confessions rule and the right to silence
• why do people falsely confess
• identifying false confessions
• persuasive police interviewing techniques
• Mr. Big operations
• the admissibility of expert evidence regarding false confessions

Moderator: David M. Layton — Ritchie Sandford, Vancouver
Panelists:
The Honourable Mr. Justice Marc Rosenberg — Court of Appeals for Ontario, Toronto
Gregory James Fitch, QC — Director, Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Sgt. Peter Tewfik — RCMP Investigative Interviewing Unit, Pacific Region Grievance Adjudications, Vancouver

Networking Break

The Role of Counsel and Police in Preventing Wrongful Convictions

• identifying and preventing tunnel vision/noble cause corruption
• the role of the Crown
• the role of the police (and the major case management model)
• the role of defence counsel
• environmental factors that lead to wrongful convictions

Moderator: Mary T. Ainslie — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Panelists:
David G. Butcher — Defence Counsel, Wilson Buck Butcher, Vancouver 
Elizabeth A. Campbell — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Deputy Chief Constable Doug LePard — Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver

Post Conviction Reviews

• test for appellate review of convictions
• Ministerial Review for miscarriages of justice—s. 696.1 of the Criminal Code
• Innocence Projects
• accessing information after appellate remedies are exhausted

Moderator: David M. Layton — Ritchie Sandford, Vancouver
Panelists:
The Honourable Madam Justice Catherine A. Ryan — Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver
Ursula Botz — Crown Counsel, Vancouver
Richard S. Fowler — Defence Counsel, Gibbons Fowler, Vancouver
Oleh S. Kuzma, QC — Crown Counsel, Prince George
Tamara M. Levy — Director, Innocence Project, Faculty of Law, University of BC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks