Secrets of Chambers 2025


Course Date: April 29, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 3h 5min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
 
Supreme Court Chambers Practice (9:05 – 9:45)
 
Associate Judge Lawrence Robinson — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
 
Secrets of Costs in Chambers (9:45 – 10:15)
 
Associate Judge Lawrence Robinson — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Julia W. Riddle — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
 
Court of Appeal Chambers Practice (10:15 – 10:45)
 
The Honourable Justice David C. Harris — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
J. Kenneth McEwan, KC — McEwan Partners LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (10:45 – 11:00)
 
Dealing with the Self-represented Litigant ("SRL") (11:00 – 11:30)
 
Justice Trevor C. Armstrong — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
 
Chamber Practice—Quiz and Panel Discussion (11:30 – 12:25)
 
Moderator: Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
Justice Trevor C. Armstrong
— Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Julia W. Riddle — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (12:25 – 12:30)
 
Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
John Douglas Shields — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver