Direct Examination 2023


Course Date: September 20, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 31min
Total Ethics: 1h 18min
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Jordanna Cytrynbaum — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Joan M. Young — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
 
Preparing Your Lay Witness (9:05 – 9:50)
 
Jennifer L. Francis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Silvana Herra — Rice Harbut Elliott LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (9:50 – 9:55)
 
Avoiding Evidentiary Mistakes (9:55 – 11:10)
 
Louise Kenworthy, KC — Crown Counsel, BC Prosecution Service, New Westminster
Joseph J. Saulnier — Martland & Saulnier, Vancouver
 
BREAK (11:10 – 11:15)
 
Surprise!: Dealing with the Unexpected (11:15 – 12:00)
 
The Honourable Judge Reginald Harris — Provincial Court of BC, Vancouver
Kelly Ann Maw — Poulus Ensom Smith LLP, Vancouver
Laesha J. Smith — Poulus Ensom Smith LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH BREAK (12:00 – 1:00)
 
Demonstrative Aides (1:00 – 1:45)
 
Robert W. Cooper, KC — McEwan Cooper Kirkpatrick LLP, Vancouver
Scott S. Morishita — Rice Harbut Elliott LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (1:45 – 1:50)
 
Ethical Considerations in Direct Examination (1:50 – 2:50)
 
Craig P. Dennis, KC — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Andi MacKay — MacKay Boyar Law Corporation, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:50 – 3:00)
 
View from the Bench: The Do's and Don'ts of Direct Examination (3:00 – 3:50)
 
The Honourable Mr. Justice Warren B. Milman — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Neena Sharma — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Judge Jennifer G. Barrett — Provincial Court of BC, Victoria
 
Concluding Remarks (3:50 – 4:00)
 
Jordanna Cytrynbaum — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Joan M. Young — McMillan LLP, Vancouver