Litigation Foundations: Perspective of a Litigated Case 2025


Course Date: March 20, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 47min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Gurminder Sandhu, KC Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Thomas L. Spraggs Spraggs & Co. Law Corporation, Coquitlam
 
Opening Remarks (9:05 – 9:15)
 
Regional Administrative Judge Rita S. Bowry Fraser Region, Provincial Court of BC, Surrey
 
Pleadings: Family Law (9:15 – 9:55)
 
Jaspreet Malik South Fraser Law Group, Surrey
 
Writer: Nyusha Samiei Jiwa Law Corporation, Vancouver
 
Document Discovery: Construction Law (9:55 – 10:35)
 
Adnan Habib Baker Newby LLP, Abbottsford
Mike Stewart ATAC Law Corporation, Burnaby
 
BREAK (10:35 – 10:50)
 
Examination for Discovery: Employment Law (10:50 – 11:30)
 
Fiona Wong Overholt Law LLP, Vancouver
Jim Wu Forte Workplace Law, Surrey
 
TrialDirect Examination: Family Law (11:30 – 12:10)
 
Tamara Dewar Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Kendelle L. Pollitt Pier Law & Mediation, White Rock
 
Writer: Brittney Menzel White & Company Family Law, Penticton
 
LUNCH (sponsored by Hamilton Duncan) (12:10 – 1:00)
 
TrialCross Examination: Construction Law (1:00 – 1:40)
 
Marko Pokrajac BTM Lawyers LLP, Port Moody
Perminder Tung Lindsay Kenney LLP, Langley
 
TrialClosing Argument: Employment Law (1:40 – 2:20)
 
Christopher Drinovz Kane Shannon & Weiler LLP, Surrey
Jessie Legaree RDM Lawyers LLP, Abbottsford
 
Writer: Jenson K. Leung Kane Shannon & Weiler LLP, Surrey
 
The Assessment of Party and Party Costs (2:20 – 3:00)
 
Greg Palm Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey 
 
Writer: Amandeep Cheema Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
 
BREAK (3:00 – 3:15)
 
MediationPL and Def Perspectives: Family Law (3:15 – 3:55)
 
Manpreet K. Mand Mand Law & Mediation, Surrey 
Matthew Somers Somers Poulin Hall LLP, New Westminster
 
Judicial Perspectives: Panel Discussion on Trial Advocacy (3:55 – 4:55)
 
Justice Lisa J. Hamilton Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Justice Terence Schultes Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster
Justice Neena Sharma Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Stephen D. Ballard, KC Cowley & Co., Surrey
Edward G. Wong Edward G. Wong Law Corporation, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (4:55 – 5:00)
 
Gurminder Sandhu, KC Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Thomas L. Spraggs Spraggs & Co. Law Corporation, Coquitlam