CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Dela Jahani — Boyd Jahani, Barristers & Solicitors, Surrey
Jasmeet Wahid — Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP, Richmond

How to Manage a Provincial Court Family File

• pleadings and filings (i.e. procedure and process)
• effective preparation for family law case conferences, pre-trial conferences, hearings, and trials
• creating and using a trial book for a provincial court trial
• pitfalls and tips
• dealing with evidence from criminal and CFCSA proceedings
  
  Donald Boyd — Boyd Jahani, Barristers & Solicitors, Surrey
  Amanda J. Rose — Atticus Legal, New Westminster

Financial Disclosure

• successfully obtaining disclosure
• imputing income
• collection and enforcement of court orders and agreements
• working with FMEP

Angela M. Accettura — Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, Burnaby
David C. Halkett — McQuarrie Hunter LLP, Surrey

Break

CFCSA

• navigating a child protection case effectively
• tips from director’s and parent’s counsel
• how the process is different from a family case
• intersection with the FLA

Corinne P. Feenie — Stewart Feenie, Vancouver
Jeffrey J. Speed — Speed Law Corporation, Vancouver 

Networking Lunch (Provided)

View from the Bench

• what makes an effective advocate
• wise words, tips
• how to assist the court

The Honourable Judge Kathryn J. Ferriss — Provincial Court of BC, Surrey
The Honourable Judge Lyndsay Smith — Provincial Court of BC, Richmond

Jurisdiction: Challenges with Using the Family Law Act in Provincial Court

• which court
• pros and cons for each court
• the legislation and the rules
• practical and factual limitations

Dela Jahani — Boyd Jahani, Barristers & Solicitors, Surrey
Olga Volpe — Barrister & Solicitor, Manager, Family Law Services, Legal Services Society, Vancouver

Break

Experts Reports

• when and how to use them
• notice and how to qualify the expert
• useful approach to dealing with an expert (if you are opposing the opinion or if you are supporting the opinion)
• using private experts for a section 211 report – letter of engagement, joint retainer letter, and agreements on costs
• scope of publically funded Family Justice Services Division

Donald Boyd — Boyd Jahani, Barristers & Solicitors, Surrey
Pam Cripps — Manager, Family Justice Report Service, Abbotsford
Patricia Elliott — Program/Policy Analyst, Family Justice Services Division, Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Dispute Resolution Options

• mediation, parenting coordination, specialized counseling within a family law context (reunification counseling
• collaborative practice — the team approach (collaborative lawyers, divorce coaches, financial neutral, child specialist)
• the BC Collaborative Roster Society Pro Bono Pilot Project
• duty under the FLA
• process options
• family violence screening
   
  Robert Finlay — Finlay Counselling & Mediation Services, New Westminster
  Deirdre Prestage Severide — Severide Law/Sea Change Collaborative Divorce, Delta