CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

The Honourable Madam Justice Karen A. Horsman — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Catherine J. Boies Parker, KC — Arvay Finlay LLP, Victoria

Crown Litigation Practice and Procedure (9:05 – 9:50)

• naming the right parties
• choosing the right process (action v. judicial review)
• procedure in litigation against the Federal Crown 

The Honourable Madam Justice Karen A. Horsman — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Banafsheh Sokhansanj — Department of Justice Canada, Vancouver 
David Wu — Arvay Finlay LLP, Victoria

BREAK (9:50 – 10:00)

Class Actions Against Government (10:00 – 10:45)

• an overview of recent class action decisions involving government
• a deeper dive into two basic questions:
  • how are class actions for and against the government different from non-governmental cases?
  • from the perspective of first principles of class actions legislation, how can we do a better job with these kinds of cases in the future?

Lee Mauro — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Reidar M. Mogerman, KC — Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:45 – 10:55)

Tort Update (10:55 – 12:00)

• a survey of recent developments in the law of Crown liability in tort, including:
  • City of Nelson v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 41: the government policy defence
  • Waterway Houseboats Ltd. v. British Columbia, 2020 BCCA 378: proximity and the government regulator
  • Rosewall v. Sechelt (District of), 2022 BCSC 448: Crown liability in nuisance in the exercise of emergency powers
• the evolving tort of misfeasance in public office
• update on the doctrine of collateral attack (Myers v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 BCCA 160)

Moderator: The Honourable Madam Justice Karen A. Horsman — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Arden Beddoes — Beddoes Litigation, Vancouver 
Jason B. Gratl — Gratl & Company, Vancouver
Micah Weintraub — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:00 – 12:30)

Civil Damages for Charter Breaches (12:30 – 1:15)

• Charter damages as a remedy in class actions
• the interplay of tort and Charter damages
• developments in the quantum of Charter damages post-Ward

Andrew D. Gay, KC — Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP, Vancouver 
James Sayce — Koskie Minsky LLP, Toronto

BREAK (1:15 – 1:25)

Building a Public Interest Practice (1:25 – 2:25)

• developing relationships with clients and communities in need of legal support
• finding and/or creating a workplace that supports the development of a public interest practice
• taking on files appropriate for your year of call: balancing client need and the need to provide quaility service

Alexander Kirby — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
Emily Lapper — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Jessica Magonet — Prisoners' Legal Services, Burnaby
Julia W. Riddle — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:25 – 2:35)

Climate Change Litigation (2:35 – 3:20)

• an overview of the types of climate change litigation in Canada
• the public interest and public and private parties in climate litigation
• the use of science in constitutional and tort litigation

Andrew B. Gage — West Coast Environmental Law, Vancouver
John G. (Gareth) Morley — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Chris Tollefson — Professor, University of Victoria Faculty of Law and Principal, Tollefson Law Corporation, Victoria

BREAK (3:20 – 3:30)

Litigation Between the Crown and Indigenous Groups (3:30 – 4:30)

• litigation and the honourof the Crown
• Federal and Provincial litigation guidelines—how they affect the substance and form of litigation
• UNDRIP legislation

Moderator: Catherine Boies Parker, KC – Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
Leah Greathead — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Judith Hoffman — Department of Justice, BC Regional Office, Vancouver
Robert J.M. Janes, KC — JFK Law Corporation, Victoria
Scott Robertson — President, Indigenous Bar Association, Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Barristers & Solicitors, Rama, Ontario

Closing Remarks (4:30 – 4:35)

The Honourable Madam Justice Karen A. Horsman — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Catherine J. Boies Parker, KC — Arvay Finlay LLP, Victoria