CLE Online

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Daniel H. Coles — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver

The Real Battlegrounds: Meaning, Responsibility and Fact v. Comment (9:10 – 10:05)

Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Danielle Stone — Senior Legal Counsel, CBC, Halifax
David F. Sutherland, KC — David F. Sutherland & Associates, Vancouver

BREAK (10:05 – 10:15)

Protection of Public Participation Act ("SLAPP") 101 (Substantive Law/Tests) (10:15 – 11:10)

Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
David F. Sutherland, KC — David F. Sutherland & Associates, Vancouver
Robyn P.M. Trask — Vice Chair, BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver

BREAK (11:10 – 11:20)

Political Speech, Social Movements, Injunctions, and the Law of Defamation (11:20 – 12:15)

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Scott A. Dawson — Dennis Dawson James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Robyn P.M. Trask — Vice Chair, BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:15 – 1:00)

Defamation Law Reform in Canada and Elsewhere: Uniform Law Conference (1:00 – 1:55)

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Professor Hilary Young — UNB Faculty of Law, Fredericton

BREAK (1:55 – 2:05)

Protection of Public Participation Act ("SLAPP") 201 (Practice and Procedure) (2:05 – 3:05)

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Scott A. Dawson — Dennis Dawson James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Kaley Pulfer — DMG Advocates LLP, Toronto

Closing Remarks (3:05 – 3:10)

Daniel H. Coles — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver