Personal Injury for Paralegals and Legal Support Staff 2013
Course Date: June 12, 2013
Course Date: June 12, 2013
Jasbir S. Bains — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
- opening the file
- organizing the file
- managing the file
Jodi McKinstry — Paralegal, Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
- the types of applications that may be heard in chambers
- setting up your file
- dealing with lay litigants—best practices
- the chambers rules
- who should hear the application, a judge or a master?
- drafting chambers documentation
Pamela Fleming — Paralegal, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Debra Grahn — Paralegal, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
- obtaining medical records and what to ask for
- how to organize medical records
- what to look for in medical records
- common medical symbols, abbreviations, and terminology
Manjit Grewal — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
- Part 7 benefits
- recent changes at ICBC
Jesse Smith — Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Vancouver
- listing documents
- identifying and noting privileged documents
- the test for production of documents: no more Peruvian Guano
- best practices for document management
Raj K. Dewar — Giusti Nairne, Vancouver
- how to prepare a bill of costs
- tariff items
- types of disbursements
- the test for incurring disbursements
Jasbir S. Bains — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
- which types of files are appropriate for these
- effective preparation of court documents
- special considerations for managing these types of files
Scott Morishita — Collette Parsons Harris, Vancouver
- outline of the procedure for PGT approval
- the top submission errors and omissions
- special issues
William P. Sokoloff — Public Guardian and Trustee of BC, North Vancouver
- preparing the file
- preparing the client
J. Bryce Jeffery — MacDonald, Boyle & Jeffery, Langley
- the essential differences for file management
- making the most of Small Claims Court
- practice tips and pitfalls to a avoid
Kevin J. McLaren — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
- where to find experts and who can be an expert
- handling experts’ reports
- best practices and practice pitfalls
Matthew G. Howard — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
Jasbir S. Bains — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
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