CLE Online

• entitlement: Stobo? Zandbergen?
• SSAG exceptions: don't forget them!
• retroactive spousal support: after Colucci

• type of report/assurance level
• mathematical accuracy
• validity of assumptions
• reasonableness of multipliers
• other considerations

• First Nation law making authority: inherent rights, self-government agreements, and federal law
• implementation of matrimonial real property laws
• the future: expansion of First Nation lands and governance relevant to matrimonial real property laws

• crafting the arbitration agreement
• getting the best out of the process
• enforcement tips
• critical case law
• paralegal laments

• introduction
  • what is tracing 
  • relevant provisions under the Family Law Act, SBC 2011, c. 25 
• before Mills v. O'Connor, 2025 BCCA 34
  • overview of the three tracing methods 
• Mills v. O'Connor—overview 
  • background 
  • trial decision 
  • BC Court of Appeal decision 
• going forward post-Mills 
  • the default approach 
  • illustrative examples 
• tips on gathering evidence and presenting evidence to the court

Jessie Ramsay — Baker Newby LLP, Chilliwack

• view from the bench on civility in chambers  
• view from the bar on civility, collegiality, and dealing with self or unrepresented litigants 
• view from the bar on managing prejudice when dealing with self-representing litigants, applying Brown v. Brown, 2020 BCCA 53

• credibility basics, including Browne v. Dunn, collateral matters
• IPV preconceptions, myths and stereotypes, and evidence
• what's next?, more "law," judicial notice, tort of family violence

• new case law developments that have shaped family law in BC over the past two years

• unique challenges family law practitioners face, including vicarious trauma and burnout
• lawyer well-being dimensions
• practical strategies to improve lawyer well-being

• what AI is and isn't and why lawyers need to understand it
• ethical and professional considerations when incorporating generative AI into your practice
• latest and greatest from the world of AI—what lawyers are using now and what they might be considering using in the future
• emerging issues in generative AI and professional responsibility

• is there any certainty at all, how do we give advice about the long term
• Bradley v. Callahan: what does it all mean 
• drafting to account for Healey, O'Conner, and Schrader