Psychological, Psychiatric & Neuropsychological Evidence in Civil Litigation 2023


Course Date: May 24, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 21min
Total Ethics: 58min
Course Agenda ▼

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver

Forensic Psychiatric Experts: Roles, Ethics, and Biases (9:05 – 9:45)

Dr. Sheila Patton — General and Forensic Psychiatrist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver

Transition Break (9:45 – 9:50)

Neuropsychological Assessments (9:50 – 10:35)

Dr. Mel Kaushansky — Director, Kaushansky and Associates, Vancouver

Transition Break (10:35 – 10:40)

Cross-examination of Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Experts (10:40 – 11:25)

Peter Collins — Harris & Brun Law Corporation, Vancouver

Transition Break (11:25 – 11:30)

Therapeutic Modalities for Treatment of Chronic Pain (11:30 – 12:15)

Dr. Judy Le Page — Psychologist, Vancouver

LUNCH with Featured Speaker (12:15 – 1:30)

Expertise—The Moving Target (presentation and Q&A: appoximately 12:30 – 1:00) 

The Honourable Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver

Medical Assistance in Dying: The Legal and Medical Evolution of MAID Law in Canada (1:30 – 2:15)

Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Psychiatrist, Vancouver

Transition Break (2:15 – 2:20)

Medical Assistance in Dying: What's on the Horizon (2:20 – 3:20)

Moderator: David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Professor Jocelyn Downie — Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dr. Michael Eleff — Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Kimberly J. Jakeman, KC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Psychiatrist, Vancouver

Transition Break (3:20 – 3:30)

Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Evidence at Trial (3:30 – 4:25)

Moderator: Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Susan Lazar — Psychiatrist, Vancouver 
Dr. Larissa Mead-Wescott, PhD, ABPP, RPsych (she/hers) — North Shore Neuropsychology, West Vancouver
Farzana Mohamed — Mackoff Mohamed, Vancouver
Nicholas Peterson — Collins Peterson LLP, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

David Eleff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff — Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver