Elder Law 2025
Course Date: October 9, 2025
Total: 5h 48min
Total Ethics: 1h
Elder Law 2025
Course Date: October 9, 2025
Total: 5h 48min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
Nadia Myerthall — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Janis Ko — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
J. Jeffrey Locke — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
Janis Ko — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
J. Jeffrey Locke — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
Case Law Update (9:10 – 10:10)
- 10 years post-Bentley
- MAiD update
- attacks on capacity (estate and family planning)
- joint tenancies and other housing disputes
Taylor-Marie Young — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna
Your Potentially Incapable Client (10:10 – 11:10)
- representing clients with diminished capacity
- how to put client's evidence before the court
- ethical obligations
Amy A. Mortimore, KC — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
BREAK (11:10 – 11:25)
Elder Abuse (11:25 – 12:20)
- role of the Health Authorities in addressing abuse under the AGA
- challenges/common issues arising in situations of elder abuse: HA perspective
- financial abuse—PGT vs. HA jurisdiction
- intergenerational property issues/different cultural communities
- capacity/consent/legal instruments
- estate planning issues
Deanna Fedio — Legal Counsel, Health Law & Disputes, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver
Julia Lauwers — Associate General Counsel, Health Law & Disputes, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver
Julia Lauwers — Associate General Counsel, Health Law & Disputes, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver
LUNCH (12:20 – 1:00)
BC Seniors Advocate (1:00 – 1:50)
- update on work of Office of the Seniors Advocate
- care homes—not for profit vs. profit, negligence
Dan Levitt — BC Seniors Advocate, Victoria
Advanced Planning for Clients with Disabilities and Dementia (1:50 – 2:45)
- assessing the client's mental capacity
- integration with disability benefits
- clients with disabilities and dementia
- powers of attorney and representation agreements
- trust planning
Braeden J. Rahn — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
BREAK (2:45 – 3:00)
Roundtable—Decision Tree (3:00 – 3:55)
- triage of abuse calls by the Seniors Abuse and Information Line (SAIL)
- risk assessment and safety planning
- internal referrals to other Seniors First BC Services (victim services, legal services)
- external referrals (PGT, Designated Agencies, community agencies)
- clinical manifestations and management of elder abuse
- the role of the PGT when responding to reports of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect
- PGT's criteria to initiate an investigation and considerations used to determine whether to pursue a legal authority on behalf of an adult
Marie-Noël Campbell — Executive Director & Staff Lawyer, Seniors First BC, Vancouver
Dr. Peter Chan — Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver
Kevin Coughlin — Manager, Assessment and Investigation Services and Personal Services, Services to Adults, Public Guardian and Trustee of BC, Vancouver
Dr. Peter Chan — Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver
Kevin Coughlin — Manager, Assessment and Investigation Services and Personal Services, Services to Adults, Public Guardian and Trustee of BC, Vancouver
Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)
Janis Ko — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
J. Jeffrey Locke — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
J. Jeffrey Locke — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
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Paper: Capacity to Retain and Instruct Counsel
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