CLE Online

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

Mark V.C. Virgin — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Gaynor C.C. Yeung — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver

Emerging Trends in Awarding Damages in Defamation and Privacy Law (9:10 - 10:00)

• damages as an alternative to dueling
• harm from publication weighed against harm to expression
• trends in damages for online torts
• compensating cybersecurity theft of private information

Jasmine Der — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
David Wotherspoon — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:00 - 10:10)

Emerging Issues in Class Action Damages (10:10 - 11:00)

• overview of framework for damage issues in class action litigation
  • where have we been and where are we going
• aggregate damages
  • discussion of recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2022 ONCA 115
• no damages: the experience in privacy class actions
• on the horizon: UK tackles damages in collective action cases
  • UK decision in the credit cards case Mastercard Incorporated and others (Appellants) v. Walter Hugh Merricks CBE (Respondent), [2020] UKSC 51

Reidar M. Mogerman, KC — Camp Fiorante Mathews Mogerman LLP, Vancouver
Joan M. Young — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (11:00 - 11:10)

Selected Damage Issues in Wrongful Dismissal (11:10 - 12:00)

• reasonable notice damages in wrongful dismissal
• the availability of similar employment during the COVID-19 pandemic
• mitigation
• collateral benefits
• aggravated and punitive damages

Vincent P. Johnston — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:00 - 1:00)

Indigenous Cultural Damages (1:00 - 1:50)

• dscussion of historical cases in which cultural damages have been sought
• need for understanding of clients' Indigenous cultures and impact on their position within their own Indigenous society and damages specific to the Indigenous  clients
• damages for the collective Indigenous society arising from Crown conduct                           

Peter R.A. Grant — Peter Grant Law, Vancouver

BREAK (1:50 - 2:00)

Medical Negligence: Myths, Legends, and Reality (2:00 - 2:50)

• the "scorched earth" legend: is it reality?
• choosing cases and clients
• standard of care: the first battleground
• informed consent: the second battleground
• causation—the death star

Dairn Owen Shane — Preszler Injury Lawyers, Vancouver

BREAK (2:50 - 3:00)

Making Sense of Cause-in-Fact (3:00 - 3:50)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Russell S. Brown — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

BREAK (3:50 - 4:00)

A "Fireside Chat" with Mr. Justice Russell Brown of the Supreme Court of Canada (4:00 - 4:25)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Russell S. Brown — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa
Mark V.C. Virgin — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:25 - 4:30)

Mark V.C. Virgin — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Gaynor C.C. Yeung — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver