A Litigator's Arsenal 2025


Course Date: June 9, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 16min
Total Ethics: 1h 6min
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
 
Raymond Lee Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Daxton S. Boeré Farris LLP, Vancouver
Rebecca M. Morse Farris LLP, Vancouver
 
Panel of Seasoned Litigators (9:10 – 9:40)
 
Mary I.A. Buttery, KC Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst, KC Farris LLP, Vancouver
Helen H. Low, KC Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
 
Pleadings Dos and Don'ts: The Court of Appeal's Decision in Mercantile Office Systems Private Limited v. Worldwide Warranty Life Services Inc. (9:40 – 10:10)
 
Arden Beddoes McEwan Partners, Vancouver
Ariyana Dhawan McEwan Partners, Vancouver
 
 
Immediately, Eventually or when it is Convenient? Timing of Disclosure Agreements that Change the Landscape of Litigation (10:10 – 10:40)
 
Stephanie John Jenkins, Marzban, Logan LLP, Vancouver
David Volk Jenkins, Marzban, Logan LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (10:40 – 10:55)
 
Opinion Evidence (10:55 – 11:40)
 
Gita Keshava Ethos Law Group LLP, Vancouver
Monique Pongracic-Speier, KC Ethos Law Group LLP, Vancouver
 
Using Technology and AI (11:40 – 12:10)
 
Andrew Crabtree Crabtree Law, West Vancouver
Rose P. Singh Chief Executive Officer, Triage Data Solutions, Vancouver
 
Discovery in Litigation Involving Indigenous People (12:10 – 12:40)
 
Karey Brooks, KC JFK Law LLP, Vancouver
Kaelan Unrau JFK Law LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH (12:40 – 1:45)
 
Mediation (1:45 – 2:15)
 
Mediator: Peter J. Roberts, KC Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver 
Tara R. Britnell, KC Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
William Kaplan, KC WCK Personal Law Corporation, Vancouver
 
Written Advocacy (2:15 – 3:00)
 
Michael Feder, KC McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (3:00 – 3:15)
 
Oral Argument, Bringing the Case Home (3:15 – 3:45)
 
George K. Macintosh, KC McEwan Partners LLP, Vancouver
 
Tried and True: Strategies, Tips, and Points of Law for Your Next Trial (3:45 – 4:15)
 
Daxton S. Boeré Farris LLP, Vancouver
Rebecca M. Morse Farris LLP, Vancouver
 
View from the Bench (4:15 – 5:00)
 
Moderator: Merran Hergert Sean Hern Law, Vancouver
Justice Amy D. Francis Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Justice Sharon D. Matthews
Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Associate Judge Kimberley A. Robertson Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (5:00 – 5:05)
 
Daxton S. Boeré Farris LLP, Vancouver
Rebecca M. Morse Farris LLP, Vancouver