CLE Online

Day 1

Welcome and Introduction

James A.W. Schuman, QC — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Jeffrey A. Rose, QC — Jeffrey A. Rose, QC, Vancouver
Nikki L. Charlton — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Opening Comments

The Honourable Madam Justice Grace Choi — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

The Revised User's Guide to the SSAG

• the latest SSAG appeal decisions: BC and beyond the Rockies
• location, location, location: using the SSAG ranges
• how the Revised User’s Guide can help you
• exceptions, exceptions, exceptions
• post-separation income increases and reductions
• re-partnering, self-sufficiency, retirement and other changes

Professor Rollie Thompson, QC — Schulich School, of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax

Networking Break

You Used the SSAG, You Got the Order, Now What?

• review vs. variation
• material change and termination
• reinstating spousal support
• how to breach an agreement
• sunset/dusk clauses
• lump sum and periodic payments — how to fix — reapportionment

Trudi Brown, QC — Brown Henderson Melbye, Victoria
Kay Melbye — Brown Henderson Melbye, Victoria

Networking Lunch (Provided)

How to Engage/Oversee Financial Experts

• valuations (including historical)
• joint reports – process for engagement and protocol
• how to oppose; use of critiques; shadow experts
• Guidelines Income reports (legal vs financial issues)

Paul R. Albi, QC — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Kiu Ghanavizchian, CPA, CA, CBV, MBA — Blair Mackay Mynett Valuations Inc., Vancouver

Ethics/Collegiality

• dealing with difficult parties and counsel
• being a role model

 The Honourable Judge Edna M. Ritchie — Provincial Court of BC, Abbotsford
Dinyar Marzban, QC — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

View from the Bench

• tips on being a good counsel
• new and old advocacy skills
• evidence — the sufficiency and propriety of the affidavit material

The Honourable Madam Justice J. Miriam Gropper — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable I. Bruce Josephson —Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of BC and Associate Counsel, Hira Rowan LLP, Vancouver

 
Day 2

Welcome and Introduction

James A. W. Schuman, QC — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Jeffrey A. Rose, QC — Jeffrey A. Rose, QC, Vancouver
Nikki L. Charlton — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Interim Advances/Property/Excluded Property

• s. 89 interim distributions
• excluded property: where are we post V.J.F.?
• trust and contingent matters – is timing everything?

Scott L. Booth — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Anna Laing — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Child Support: Nuances, Tips (and Traps)

• stepparents
• death and taxes (well, child support)
• retroactive reduction vs. cancellation or reduction of arrears
• reviews of child support
• incomes over $150,000: Is this a room without a roof?
  

Todd R. Bell — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
David C. Dundee — Paul & Company, Kamloops

Networking Lunch

Alienation and Estrangement Remedies

• development of our understanding
• legal and psychological interventions
• intractable cases

Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D. – Palo Alto, California

s. 211 — How to Prepare Your Client 

• what you need to know:
  • purpose of the assessment
  • professional requirement/college guidelines
  • process and steps involved
  • content: generic vs. idiosyncratic (how psychologists differ)
• what you need to say to your cilent: the dos
• what you should not say to your client: the don'ts
• danger zones to avoid

Nicole Aubé, PhD, RPsych — Vancouver
Matthew J. Sullivan, PhD — Palo Alto, California

Networking Break

FLA Section 8 — All Roads Don't Lead to Trial 

• sections 8 and 37—clients' duty to best interests of the child
• consent dispute resolution—mediation, med/arb, arbitration, parenting coordination
• non-trial court assistance—JCCs, JSCs, Summary Trial
• best interest of the child cost/benefit analysis

Morag M.J. MacLeod, QC — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Mary E. Mouat, QC — Lawyer & Mediator, Quadra Legal Centre, Victoria