Litigator's Arsenal 2015


Course Date: October 23, 2015

Course Agenda ▼

Welcome and Introduction

Panel of Learned Litigators

  • Q&A: treasures of civil litigation strategic advice and chambers war stories

Brian G. Baynham, QC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
James M. Lepp, QC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Robert J. McDonell — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Litigation in the Facebook Age: Creative Discovery Through Cutting-Edge Internet Research on Parties and Witnesses

  • social media sites as a practical discovery tool 
  • potential ethical implications of evidence gathering on the Internet 
  • practice points on effective use of Internet research in litigation

Claire E. Hunter — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver

Networking Break

Strategic Use of Prejudgment Remedies to Advance your Case

  • receiverships (receivers of rents, receivers in shareholder disputes or estate litigation) 
  • certificates of pending litigation and caveats against land 
  • equitable charging orders against land and personal property 
  • sale of land and personal property prior to judgment

William L. Roberts — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Point of Law Applications: Pointless or Entirely Pointy?

  • what's the application? 
  • what's the law? 
  • what's the point?

Gib van Ert — Executive Legal Officer, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

Class Actions Myths and Monsters

  • current issues relating to takeup rates and cy-pres settlements 
  • what is on the mind of plaintiff's counsel and why? 
  • what should be on the minds of defendants and defence counsel

Reidar M. Mogerman — Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Designing Your Sandbox (or, Planning Your Theory of the Case Using the Methods of William Berardino, QC)

  • an adaptable system to outline your theory of the case 
  • how to make the facts and the law work for you 
  • do it early—before any substantive step in the litigation and especially before discovery 
  • the system will carry you through all steps in litigation including discovery, trial, applications, and appeals

Andi N. Mackay — Winteringham Mackay Law Corporation, Vancouver

Modern Mareva Practice and the Rule in Lister v. Stubbs

  • the  new model Mareva Practice Direction 
  • cutting-edge developments in Mareva law
  • strategic points and pitfalls

Robbie Fleming — Robert Fleming Lawyers, Vancouver

Perjury in Civil Litigation

  • potential perjury prosecutions flowing from civil litigation 
  • the test for perjury 
  • the high bar for a perjury finding

Eric V. Gottardi — Peck and Company, Vancouver

Networking Break

How to Select the Appropriate Forum(s) for your Dispute

  • what remedy are you seeking? 
  • what jurisdiction does the forum have? 
  • what are the pros and cons of each forum? 
  • when should you use multiple forums?

Teresa Tomchak — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Judicial Panel

  • Q&A: insights from behind the bench on best practices in civil litigation and chambers advocacy

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ronald Skolrood — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Master Sandra J. Harper — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver