Personal Injury Conference 2024


Course Date: November 12, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 56min
Total Ethics: 1h

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

Raymond Lee Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Gurminder Sandhu, KCHamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Krista L. SimonHammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

Case Law and Legislation Update (9:05 – 10:35)

Douglas T.K. Chiu — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver  
Dale McGregor — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:35 – 10:50)

PI Advocacy and View from the Bench (10:50 – 12:20)

The Honourable Justice Maria Morellato Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Justice H. William Veenstra Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Rory Morgan — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey
Alison L. Murray, KC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:20 – 1:00)

PI Damages: Preparing and Presenting the Expert Evidence (1:00 – 2:00)

Carla Bekkering — Bekkering York Barristers LLP, Vancouver
Nicholas Peterson Collins Peterson LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:00 – 2:05)

Occupiers Claims (2:05 – 2:35)

Alexia Majidi Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver  
Peter Norell
 — Kovacs & Norell, Vancouver

BREAK (2:35 – 2:45)

Civil Resolution Update (2:45 – 3:15)

Margot A. Liechti — Carfra Lawton LLP, Victoria

BREAK (3:15 – 3:20)

Calculating Financial Loss: The Fundamentals (3:20 – 3:50)

Mark SzekelyColumbia Pacific Consulting Ltd., Vancouver

BREAK (3:50 – 3:55)

Sexual Violence Civil Claims (3:55 – 4:25)

Morgyn Chandler — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Sandra L. Kovacs — KazLaw Injury Lawyers, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

Gurminder Sandhu, KCHamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Krista L. SimonHammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver