CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Raymond Lee — CLEBC, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Hunter Parsons — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Bankruptcy Remedies (9:05 – 9:40)

• pros and cons of bankrupting a debtor
• requirements for a bankruptcy application
• powers of trustee
• preference payments and transfers at undervalue
• creditors' power to pursue their own proceedings
• recovery as condition of discharge

Kimberley A. Robertson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Fraudulent Transactions and Equitable Remedies (9:40 – 10:35)

D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:35 – 10:45)

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (10:45 – 11:15)

• what is a "foreign judgment"?
• how is it enforced in BC?
• various defences to claims based on a foreign judgment
• application of the Court Order Enforcement Act
• developments in the enforcement of foreign non-monetary judgments

Hunter Parsons — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Garnishing Orders: Ten Things to Consider (11:15 – 11:40)

• learn what can be garnished
• discussion of pitfalls that can lead to your garnishing order being set aside

Alex Cocks — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Statutory Enforcements: Liens (11:40 – 12:20)

• builders liens
• woodworkers liens

David McKenzie — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:20 – 12:50)

Acting for the Debtor (12:50 – 1:30)

• magical defences
• tricks of the trade
• dealing with judgments
• setting aside garnishment

Gerald A. (Gerry) Cutler, QC — Cuttler & Company, Vancouver

Process for Seizure for Sale and Execution (1:30 – 2:10)

Sherryl Dubo — McMillan Dubo Law Group, Kamloops

BREAK (2:10 – 2:25 )

View from the Bench (2:25 – 2:50)

The Honourable Edward C. Chiasson, QC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (2:50 – 3:00)