CLEBC - Courses On Demand

Regulatory Offences and Criminal Prosecution 2024

Course Date: October 2, 2024

Full Course Materials

Total: 6h 7min

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

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

Overview and Case Law Update (9:05 – 10:05)

Michael Barrenger — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

BREAK (10:05 – 10:10)

Financial Prosecutions and Civil Forfeiture (10:10 – 10:45)

Greg R. DelBigio, KC — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Gerry S. Sair — Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Vancouver

BREAK (10:45 – 10:55)

Workplace Safety (10:55 – 11:55)

Ryan Conlin — Stringer LLP, Toronto
Graeme A. Hooper — MLG Law Corporation, Vancouver

LUNCH (11:55 – 1:00)

Environmental Prosecutions (1:00 – 2:00)

Gavin Cameron — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Emma Lehrer — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Andrew I. Nathanson, KC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:00– 2:05)

Critical Incidents and Accidents: WorkSafeBC (2:05 – 3:05)

Ben Parkin — Acting General Counsel, WorksafeBC, Richmond
Gurvinder Sidhu — Manager, Compliance and Field Investigations, WorkSafeBC, Richmond

BREAK (3:05– 3:10)

Financial Crimes: The BC Securities Commission and Criminal Defence Counsel (3:10 – 4:10)

Chris Biscoe — Director Legal, Compliance and Enforcement, BC Financial Services Authority, Vancouver
Anthony Chang — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
David W.D. McCormick — Legacy Tax + Trusts Lawyers, Vancouver

Ethics and Professionalism in the Regulatory/Criminal Nexus (4:10 – 4:40)

Kevin B. Westell — Pender Litigation, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (4:40 – 4:45)

Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver