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Western Canada Class Actions Conference 2024

Course Date: November 19, 2024

Full Course Materials

Total: 5h 58min

Total Ethics: 1h

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Brad Dixon, KC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Avichay Sharon — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver

Western Canada Round-up: 2023–2024 Review of Case Law, Trends, Emerging Issues (9:10 – 10:10)

Kajal Ervin — Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP, Calgary (virtual presentation)
Shelby Liesch — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Siobhan McConnell — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Jason Mohrbutter, KC — MLT Aikins LLP, Regina (virtual presentation)

COVID-19 Class Actions: Where Did they All Go? Takeaways from Certification and Merits Determinations (10:10 – 10:30)

Nicola Hartigan — Klein Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Christopher Rhone — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:30 – 10:50)

Privacy Class Actions Update: Data Breaches and More (10:50 – 11:30)

Theodore P. Charney — Charney Lawyers, Toronto
Michelle T. Maniago — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Jamie L. Thornback — CFM Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH (provided to in-person registrants) (11:30 – 12:45)
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The Nitty Gritty of Managing a Class Action: Professional Responsibilities, Ethics, Client Relations and Practice Management in Respect of Notices, Opt-out Procedures, Settlements and Claims Administration, etc. (12:45 – 1:30)

Angela Bespflug — Murphy Battista LLP, Vancouver
Dawn McPherson — Vice President of Class Action and Mass Tort Solutions, Epiq, Palm Springs
James M. Sullivan, KC — Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Governments as Plaintiffs—A New Trend or a Flash in the Pan? Will BC Remain the Lone Crusader? (1:30 – 2:10)

Craig P. Dennis, KC — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Peter R. Lawless, KC — Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria (virtual presentation)
Jen Winstanley — CFM Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:10 – 2:25)

Procedural/Strategic Tool-kit for the Class Actions Lawyer: Pre-certification Applications, Summary Trial Applications, Consent Certification, etc. (2:25 – 3:15)

Anthony Leoni — Rice Harbut Elliott LLP, Vancouver
Amanda M. Quayle, KC — McDougall Gauley LLP, Regina (virtual presentation)
Jill S. Yates — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver

Environmental Class Actions: Climate Change, Floods, Wildfires, and Greenwashing—New Frontiers? (3:15 – 4:00)

Andrea Roulet — Slater Vecchio LLP, Montreal
Karine Russell — Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Anthony A. Vecchio, KC — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
Rick Williams — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

View from the Bench: Judicial Perspectives on Management of Class Actions (4:00 – 4:45)

The Honourable Chief Justice Paul Crampton — Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa
The Honourable Justice Ward K. Branch — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:45 – 4:50)

Brad Dixon, KC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Avichay Sharon — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver

Post Conference Reception Sponsored by Epiq, Cactus Club Coal Harbour (1085 Canada Place, Vancouver) (4:50 – 7:00)