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

Karen E. Jamieson, KC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
James D. Vilvang, KC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Case Law and Legislation Update (9:05 - 10:30)

Karen E. Jamieson, KC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Andrea Jones — AMJ Law, Vancouver
Barbara Webster-Evans — Collette Parsons Corrin - Brain & Injury Law, Vancouver

BREAK (10:30 - 10:40)

Document Management from File Opening to Trial: Part 1 (10:40 - 11:10)

• proper lists of documents
• document production requirements
• ethics of redactions

David Madani — Meridian Law Group, Vancouver

BREAK (11:10 - 11:20)

Document Management from File Opening to Trial: Part 2 (11:20 - 12:00)

• effective document agreements
• production of documents at trial (joint books v. the empty binder technique) 

Robert C. Brun, KC — Harris & Brun Law Corporation, Vancouver
Nicholas Tsoi — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:00 - 12:30)

Is there a New Test for Proving Loss of Capacity? (12:30 - 1:00)

• effects of Rab v. Prescott, Dorman v. Silva, and Low v. Boss

Mary-Helen Wright — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver

BREAK (1:00 - 1:10)

Suing the Government (1:10 - 1:55)

• policy v. procedure
• establishing a private law duty of care
• has Marchi v. City of Nelson changed the onus?

Greg Allen — Allen & McMillan LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (1:55 - 2:05)

The Future for Personal Injury Lawyers (2:05 - 2:50)

• managing stress in uncertain times
• career options 

Derek C. LaCroix, KC — Executive Director, Lawyers Assistance Program of BC, Vancouver
Shari R. Pearlman, LCSW, JD — Assistant Director/Lawyer Counsellor, Lawyers Assistance Program of BC, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (2:50 - 3:00)

Karen E. Jamieson, KC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
James D. Vilvang, KC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver