The Cullen Commission Report on Money Laundering in BC 2022


Course Date: November 23, 2022

Full Course Materials
Total: 2h 50min
Total Ethics: 2h 18min

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (1:00 – 1:10)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Ron Usher — Commissioned Notary Public, R.I., General Counsel and Practice Advisor, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Anti-money Laundering, What the Inquiry Revealed, Cullen Report Key Findings (1:10 – 2:05)

Moderator: Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Peter M. German, KC, PhD
— Peter German & Associates Inc., Delta
Brock Martland, KC — Martland & Saulnier, Vancouver

BREAK (2:05 – 2:10) 

Cullen Commission Report Key Implications for LTO Practice and Procedure (2:10 – 2:45)

Moderator: Ron Usher — Commissioned Notary Public, R.I., General Counsel and Practice Advisor, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver
Larry S. Blaschuk
— Registrar of Land Titles, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

BREAK (2:45 – 2:50)

Key Findings re LSBC, Navigating Rules, Ethical Requirements and Red Flags (2:50 – 3:35)

Moderator: Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Barbara K. Buchanan, KC
— Practice Advisor, Conduct and Ethics, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Tina Kaminski, CPA, CGA, CFE, CAMS — Audit Team Leader, Law Society of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (3:35 – 3:40)

Key Developments Coming Out of the Cullen Commission of Inquiry (3:40 – 4:25)

Laura L. Bevan — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Ron Usher — Commissioned Notary Public, R.I., General Counsel and Practice Advisor, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Ron Usher — Commissioned Notary Public, R.I., General Counsel and Practice Advisor, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver