CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

David Cheifetz — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver

Causation: The “But For” Test

• necessary: the meaning of "but for"
• evidence issues: proof of factual causation, Snell inference
• factual  indeterminancy
• other causal tests 

The Honourable Mr. Justice Russell S. Brown — Alberta Court of Appeal, Edmonton

Networking Break

Causation: The Material Contribution Test

• contribution to the risk of injury, not contribution to injury
• prerequisites
• future development

Professor Lynda M. Collins — Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Professor Heather McLeod-Kilmurray — Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability (CELGS), Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Networking Break

Scope of Liability: Remoteness and Proximate Cause

• legal causation versus factual causation
• requires a finding of legal causation
• limitations on the scope (extent) of liability

 Professor Craig E. Jones, QC — Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops 

Networking Lunch

Causation in Economic Loss Claims in Personal Injury

• proof of past loss
• proof of future loss
• key evidence issues

Jeffrey Joudrey — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver

Causation and Medical Negligence

• complexity
• expert evidence
• factual indeterminancy

David W. Pilley — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Causation and Expert Evidence—Lost in Translation

• clarifying concepts
• helping the judge and jury

The Honourable Madam Justice Elaine J. Adair — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Dr. Paul Bishop, MD, PhD — Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Vancouver
David Cheifetz — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver
Jeffrey Joudrey — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver
David W. Pilley — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

David Cheifetz — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver