CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Hugh S. McLellan — McLellan Herbert, Vancouver
Kimberly A. Whaley — Whaley Estate Litigation Partners, Toronto
Geoffrey W. White, KC — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation, Counsel, Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver

Capacity to Instruct Counsel for Clients Living with Dementia and Other Cognitive and Communication Challenges (9:10 – 10:05)

• overview of law of capacity to instruct counsel in jurisdictions across Canada 
• solicitors' roles and duties when there are capacity concerns 
• practical elements of working with clients with cognitive and communication challenges
• undue influence, vulnerability, and suspicious circumstances
• ethics of acting for clients with diminished capacity
• addressing how COVID isolation is impacting capacity

Audrey Jun — KMK Law, Vancouver
Kevin Love — Community Legal Assistance Society, Vancouver

BREAK (10:05 – 10:20)

Class Action Litigation as a Strategy for Responding to Elder Abuse and Neglect in Long-term Care (10:20 – 11:15)

• mass tort vs. class action
• who is your client
• investigations
• damage considerations 
• liability theories
• carriage issues
• timelines
• consortiums and co-counsel agreements
• changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act

Daniel Fisher — Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP, Toronto
David A. Klein — Klein Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (11:15 – 11:30)

Representing Clients Impacted by Abuse, Neglect, and Abuse/Neglect Responses  (11:30 – 12:25)

• overview of BC legislative abuse and neglect response scheme
• representing clients impacted by abuse and neglect responses
• procedural fairness for clients facing detention and involuntary interventions in abuse and neglect responses
• civil and criminal remedies in elder abuse

Laura Johnston — Health Justice, Vancouver
Kimberly A. Whaley — Whaley Estate Litigation Partners, Toronto

Closing Remarks (12:25 – 12:30)

Hugh S. McLellan — McLellan Herbert, Vancouver
Kimberly A. Whaley — Whaley Estate Litigation Partners, Toronto
Geoffrey W. White, KC — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation, Counsel, Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver