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Welcome and Introduction

Special Costs and Increased Costs 

• special costs and the “reprehensible conduct” standard
• pre-litigation conduct
• summary assessment
• increased costs and misconduct

Robert W. Cooper, QC — Cooper Litigation, Vancouver
Emily Kirkpatrick — McEwan Partners, Vancouver

Untangling the Knot: Special Costs, Punitive, Aggravated and Abuse of Process Damages

• sanctioning misconduct — separating damanges and costs

Layne Hellrung — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Break

Procedural Strategies for Addressing Misconduct 

• applications, including security for costs, abuse of process, striking pleadings and for failure to comply with the Rules
• injunctions
• case management
• vexatious litigant orders
  
  Geoff Bowman — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
  Christopher S. Wilson — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver 

Document Disclosure Misconduct 

• breach of the implied undertaking and sealing/protective orders
• the affidavit of documents
• sanctions for document misconduct
  
  Shea H. Coulson — Coulson Litigation, Vancouver
  

Law Society Complaints: Counsel’s Obligations 

• what are counsel’s obligations?
• when is resolution between counsel appropriate
• when and how to make a complaint
• responding to frivolous complaints and threats

Jean P. Whittow, QC — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver

Under the Covers 

• claims and activities that the LSBC insurance program compulsory policy covers
• risks the compulsory policy doesn't cover, such as trust shortages caused by fraudsters and thieves
• commercial liability insurance products that help protect you from those risks

Coran Cooper-Stephenson — Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Vancouver
Maryanne Prohl — Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Vancouver 

Lunch

Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable: Being Effective Counsel 

• being effective — civility is not weakness
• dealing with incivility — examples from practice
• promoting civility in practice

William E. Knutson, QC — SHK Law Corporation, Vancouver

Costs Against Counsel

• the law of costs against counsel
• recent guidance from the SCC in Jodoin
• a policy discussion

John W. Horn QC — Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, Nanaimo
Greg Palm — Hamilton Duncan Armstrong + Stewart Law Corp.

Break

Panel: The Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Misconduct 

Moderator: Layne Hellrung — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver 
Alison M. Latimer — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion — Closing Remarks