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Welcome and Introduction

Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver

Pleadings

• framing the issues in complex commercial matters
• pleading misrepresentations, fraud and conspiracy
• the “legal basis”

Sean K. Boyle — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Aidan Cameron — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Managing the Discovery Process

• discovery in the electronic age
• management, review, and analysis of large volumes of document disclosure

Kevin D. Loo — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Andi N. Mackay — Winteringham Mackay Law Corporation, Vancouver

Networking Break

Expert Evidence

• when do you need expert evidence and what to do with it
• communicating with the expert and disclosure
• the US Daubert/Frye Standards in commercial cases

The Honourable Madam Justice Neena Sharma — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
Craig P. Dennis, QC — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Doug A. Scullion — Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, CA

Networking Lunch

Planning for and Presenting Your Case at Trial

• to bring a summary trial or not—credibility; proportionality; all or nothing; preparing the affidavits
• trial preparations—SOPs; witness preparation; narrowing the documents; document authentication; admissions and read-ins
• opening and closing your case; direct and cross-examinations

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ronald Skolrood — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Lisa A. Warren — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
J. Kenneth McEwan, QC — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver

Substantive Topics of Interest to the Commercial Litigator

A. Injunctions and Urgent Relief

• interlocutory injunctions, Marevas, and Anton Piller orders
• injunctive relief: non-competition and non-solicitation clauses 
• jurisdictional issues

Jasmin Z. Ahmad — Koffman Kalef LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer L. Francis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Joseph C. McArthur — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

B. Shareholder Remedies

• proxy contests—risks, obstacles, and strategies for winning
• statutory remedies—oppression, appointment of receivers, and winding up

Francis Lamer — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Teresa Tomchak — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

C. Fiduciary Duties

• categories of fiduciaries and duties
• categories of breaches
• remedies

Brad Cramer — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Mark D. Andrews, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

D. Equitable Remedies

• constructive trusts
• accounting and tracing
• equitable compensation

Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Howard Shapray, QC — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Scott A. Turner — Burns, Fitzpatrick, Rogers, Schwartz & Turner LLP, Vancouver

Closing Comments

Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver