CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

David F. McEwen, QC — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver

Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal Practice: Present and Future—Recent Decisions

Moderator: David F. McEwen, QC — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Dolores Hansen — Federal Court, Ottawa
Prothonotary Roger R. Lafrenière — Federal Court, Vancouver

Recent Developments in Federal Court of Appeal Practice

Moderator: David F. McEwen, QC — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson — Federal Court of Appeal, Ottawa

Networking Break

Case Management

• the maritime law perspective
• the IP law perspective
• common lessons

Moderator: David F. McEwen, QC — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Christopher J. Giaschi — Giaschi and Margolis, Vancouver
Michael D. Manson — Smart and Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Vancouver

Lunch With Featured Speaker—"Coping With Difficult Clients"

The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

First Nations Practice

• guidelines for Aboriginal Law—Department of Justice perspective and First Nations perspective
• role of Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal in reaching complex settlements in judicial review cases

Moderator: Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Peter R.A. Grant — Peter Grant & Associates, Vancouver
Kathleen M. Ring — Department of Justice, Vancouver

The MV Sun Sea Files

• innovative practices and orders when dealing with numerous parallel and confidential files
• refugee claimant perspective and Department of Justice perspective

Moderator: Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Douglas R. Cannon — Elgin, Cannon and Associates, Vancouver
Tamsin Ramsay — Registry Officer, Federal Court, Vancouver
Banafsheh Sokhansanj — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver

Networking Break

Recent Developments in Standards of Review

Moderator: Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

Practice Update and Audience Questions

Moderator: Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Prothonotary Roger R. Lafrenière — Federal Court, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

David F. McEwen, QC — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Douglas G. Schmitt — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver