CLE Online

Day 1: Monday, February 3, 2014

Welcome and Introduction

Todd R. Bell — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver

So You Want to be a Superstar Lawyer?

• standing out in the crowd
• becoming a family law expert
• building clientele…and confidence
• going the distance

Georgialee Lang — Attorney & Arbitrator, Vancouver-Kelowna-Palm Springs

Managing Your Clients: Client Emotional States

• separation and the grieving process
• helping the distraught client
• dealing with the difficult client

Rebecca St. Clere England, PhD, RPsych — Ward St. Clere Inc., Vancouver

Client Interviews: Evaluation and Diagnosis

• become the prudent skeptic
• assessing goals versus options and range of likely outcomes
• realism and reality testing
• legal opinions

Jane M. Reid — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Taking Action

• assessing options
• commencing proceedings
• negotiation and mediation
• collaborative law

Phyllis M. Kenney — Family Lawyer, Vancouver
Steven N. Mansfield — Bayshore Law Group, Vancouver

Parenting Coordination, The Program, and The Role of Counsel

• the program in brief
• the PC agreement/court ordered appointments
• role of counsel
• enforcement

Stephanie L. Fabbro — Hamilton Fabbro, Vancouver
R. Craig Neville — Watson Goepel LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Disclosure and Discovery

• disclosure triggers and ongoing disclosure obligations
• client understanding and awareness
• Family Law Rules
  • lists of documents
  • examinations for discovery
  • interrogatories

The Honourable Judge Lisa Wyatt — Provincial Court of BC, Vernon
Sandra L. Dick — Heath Law LLP, Nanaimo

Judicial Case Conferences

• preparing yourself and your client
• document preparation
• Family Law Rules
  • the scope of JCCs
  • disclosure obligations
  • new options for the courts

Jesse L. Desilets — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver

Day 2: Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Todd R. Bell — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver

Chambers Practice: How to Avoid Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

• preparing the notice of application
• affidavits—what to avoid
• without notice orders—short leave and restraining orders
• submissions—presentation and content

Master Heather M. MacNaughton — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Master Shelagh Scarth — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Experts

• types of experts: section 202 and 211 reports, joint, party’s own, courts’ own, rebuttal
• new contents of experts’ reports

Todd R. Bell — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Lindsey Cruickshank — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver

Networking Break

Justifying Your Calculations: Spousal Support and Child Support Guidelines Cases

• income calculation for the Advisory Guidelines
• income calculation for the Child Support Guidelines
• understanding the software
• understanding your results

Scott L. Booth — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver  

Managing Your Clients: Dealing with the Law Society and Errors in Family Practice

• tips to avoid complaints
• responding to the Professional Conduct Department at the Law Society
• tips to prevent allegations of negligence
• when and how to report a claim to the Lawyers Insurance Fund

Carolyn R. Anderson — Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Edna M. Ritchie — Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Trial and Mediation Preparation

• mediation briefs
• client preparation
• organizing documents
• witnesses

Scott L. Booth — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver 

Resolving the Case: Trials, Agreements, and Other Tools

• choosing a resolution vehicle: collaboration, mediation, med/arbitration, litigation
• drafting effective separation agreements, minutes of settlement, and consent orders
• knowing when settlement is impossible

Morag M.J. MacLeod — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver

Networking Break

Conducting Effective Hearings Before the Registrar

• avoiding assessments
• inquiries, assessments, and accounts process and procedure
• settling orders

District Registrar Stuart Cameron — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver