Psychological, Psychiatric & Neuropsychological Evidence in Civil Litigation 2023
Course Date: May 24, 2023
Total: 6h 21min
Total Ethics: 58min
Course Date: May 24, 2023
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Forensic Psychiatric Experts: Roles, Ethics, and Biases (9:05 – 9:45)
Dr. Sheila Patton — General and Forensic Psychiatrist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver
Transition Break (9:45 – 9:50)
Neuropsychological Assessments (9:50 – 10:35)
Dr. Mel Kaushansky — Director, Kaushansky and Associates, Vancouver
Transition Break (10:35 – 10:40)
Cross-examination of Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Experts (10:40 – 11:25)
Peter Collins — Harris & Brun Law Corporation, Vancouver
Transition Break (11:25 – 11:30)
Therapeutic Modalities for Treatment of Chronic Pain (11:30 – 12:15)
Dr. Judy Le Page — Psychologist, Vancouver
LUNCH with Featured Speaker (12:15 – 1:30)
Expertise—The Moving Target (presentation and Q&A: appoximately 12:30 – 1:00)
The Honourable Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Medical Assistance in Dying: The Legal and Medical Evolution of MAID Law in Canada (1:30 – 2:15)
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Psychiatrist, Vancouver
Transition Break (2:15 – 2:20)
Medical Assistance in Dying: What's on the Horizon (2:20 – 3:20)
Moderator: David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Professor Jocelyn Downie — Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dr. Michael Eleff — Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Kimberly J. Jakeman, KC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Psychiatrist, Vancouver
Transition Break (3:20 – 3:30)
Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Evidence at Trial (3:30 – 4:25)
Moderator: Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Susan Lazar — Psychiatrist, Vancouver
Dr. Larissa Mead-Wescott, PhD, ABPP, RPsych (she/hers) — North Shore Neuropsychology, West Vancouver
Farzana Mohamed — Mackoff Mohamed, Vancouver
Nicholas Peterson — Collins Peterson LLP, Vancouver
Concluding Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)
David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
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