Workplace Fatality Cases 2024


Course Date: June 24, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 3h
Total Ethics: 30min
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver 
Eric V. Gottardi, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Tony Paisana — Peck and Company, Vancouver
 
The First 48 Hours (9:05 – 9:50)
 
  • the process and the parties
  • advising your client
Eric V. Gottardi, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Andrew Wood — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver 
 
BREAK (9:50 – 9:55)
 
The Investigation (9:55 – 10:40)
 
  • managing the unfolding file
  • counsel's role
  • the ultimate question: for cause or for prosecution?
Tony Paisana — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Andrew Wood — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver 
 
BREAK (10:40 – 10:45)
 
The Workplace Fatality Criminal Prosecution (10:45 – 11:30)
 
  • the regulatory investigation and record
  • the criminal investigation and record
  • evidentiary issues
Eric V. Gottardi, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Tony Paisana — Peck and Company, Vancouver
 
BREAK (11:30 – 11:35)
 
Expert Evidence in Workplace Fatality Cases (11:35 – 12:20)
 
Eric V. Gottardi, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Tony Paisana — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Dennis D. Chimich, MSc, PEng — MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists, Richmond 
 
Concluding Remarks (12:20 – 12:30)
 
Eric V. Gottardi, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Tony Paisana — Peck and Company, Vancouver