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John S. Logan — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

Douglas R. Sanders — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

• marketing to me
• why I hire you
• reporting to me
• billing me
• what bugs me

Rachel M. Mockler — Senior Counsel, Walter Energy, Vancouver
Norm Streu — President & COO, LMS Reinforcing Steel Group, Surrey

• what makes construction mediations different?
• how and when to approach a construction mediation
• what the best counsel do at construction mediations
• what makes an effective opening statement—a role play
• mistakes to avoid

Mediator: David Whitelaw — Fitzpatrick Mediation, Victoria
Beth Allard — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Stephen P. Coyle — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver

• what makes construction arbitrations different?
• how the best counsel approach arbitrations
• the first procedural conference—a role play
• the construction arbitration hearing
• mistakes to avoid

Arbitrator: Murray A. Clemens, QC — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
David L. Miachika, PEng — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

• what I would do differently now
• making the construction case manageable
• what makes an effective application—a role play
• how to make my life easier in a construction case
• mistakes to avoid

The Honourable Mr. Justice Robert W. Jenkins — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Brian Samuels — Samuels & Company, Vancouver 

Craig A. Wallace — Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson Law Corporation, Vancouver

 

• the decision on whether to appeal
• appeals involving (often lengthy) construction cases
• effective appeal written and oral advocacy
• mistakes to avoid

The Honourable Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders — Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver

Lessons Learned from Counsel on Drafting Contracts

• top mistakes made
• best practices for contracts, indemnities, and other clauses

David W. Little — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Douglas R. Sanders — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver