Psychological, Psychiatric & Neuropsychological Evidence in Civil Litigation 2023


Course Date: May 24, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 21min
Total Ethics: 58min

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Raymond Lee Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
David Eleff Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver

Forensic Psychiatric Experts: Roles, Ethics, and Biases (9:05 – 9:45)

Dr. Sheila Patton General and Forensic Psychiatrist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver

Transition Break (9:45 – 9:50)

Neuropsychological Assessments (9:50 – 10:35)

Dr. Mel Kaushansky Director, Kaushansky and Associates, Vancouver

Transition Break (10:35 – 10:40)

Cross-examination of Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Experts (10:40 – 11:25)

Peter Collins Harris & Brun Law Corporation, Vancouver

Transition Break (11:25 – 11:30)

Therapeutic Modalities for Treatment of Chronic Pain (11:30 – 12:15)

Dr. Judy Le Page Psychologist, Vancouver

LUNCH with Featured Speaker (12:15 – 1:30)

Expertise—The Moving Target (presentation and Q&A: appoximately 12:30 – 1:00) 

The Honourable Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver

Medical Assistance in Dying: The Legal and Medical Evolution of MAID Law in Canada (1:30 – 2:15)

Dr. Derryck H. Smith Psychiatrist, Vancouver

Transition Break (2:15 – 2:20)

Medical Assistance in Dying: What's on the Horizon (2:20 – 3:20)

Moderator: David Eleff Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Professor Jocelyn Downie Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dr. Michael Eleff Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Kimberly J. Jakeman, KC Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Derryck H. Smith Psychiatrist, Vancouver

Transition Break (3:20 – 3:30)

Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Evidence at Trial (3:30 – 4:25)

Moderator: Dianna Hwang Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Susan Lazar Psychiatrist, Vancouver 
Dr. Larissa Mead-Wescott, PhD, ABPP, RPsych (she/hers) North Shore Neuropsychology, West Vancouver
Farzana Mohamed Mackoff Mohamed, Vancouver
Nicholas Peterson Collins Peterson LLP, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

David Eleff Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver
Dianna Hwang Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Michael D. Shirreff Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP, Vancouver