Personal Injury Conference 2025
Course Date: November 14, 2025
Total: 6h 7min
Total Ethics: 1h
Personal Injury Conference 2025
Course Date: November 14, 2025
Total: 6h 7min
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
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Case Law and Legislation Update (9:05 – 10:35)
Douglas T.K. Chiu — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Dale McGregor — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Dale McGregor — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
BREAK (10:35 – 10:40)
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) Update (10:40 – 11:10)
Margot A. Liechti — Carfra Lawton LLP, Victoria
Sadaf Pourmand — Carfra Lawton LLP, Victoria
Sadaf Pourmand — Carfra Lawton LLP, Victoria
BREAK (11:10 – 11:15)
Occupier's Liability: Managing Multi-Party and Multi-Issue Cases (11:15 – 11:45)
Vanessa C. Gauthier — Northpoint Legal LLP, Vancouver
BREAK (11:45 – 11:50)
WCB and WCAT: What All PI Lawyers Need to Know (11:50 – 12:20)
Christopher Drinovz — Kane Shannon & Weiler LLP, Surrey
LUNCH (12:20 – 1:00)
Concussion and MTBI: Enter the Experts (1:00 – 2:15)
Moderator: Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Kshitij Chawla, MBBS, FRCPC (Physiatry/Pain Medicine) — Co-Founder and Associate Medical Director, Canadian Pain & Regenerative Institute, Vancouver
Dr. Shaohua Lu, MD FRCP (Psychiatry) — Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver
Dr. Ashea Neil — Occupational Therapist, Certified Life Care Planner & Certified Work Capacity Evaluator, Turning Point Rehab Canada, North Vancouver
Dr. Shaohua Lu, MD FRCP (Psychiatry) — Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver
Dr. Ashea Neil — Occupational Therapist, Certified Life Care Planner & Certified Work Capacity Evaluator, Turning Point Rehab Canada, North Vancouver
BREAK (2:15 – 2:25)
Options for Abuse Survivors Through a Trauma Informed Lens (2:25 – 3:10)
Jaime Sarophim — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
BREAK (3:10 – 3:15)
Documents and Expert Reports: The View from the Bench (3:15 – 4:15)
Justice S. Dev Dley — Supreme Court of BC, Abbotsford
Justice Alan M. Ross — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Bryan E. Fitzpatrick — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
Susanne K. Raab — Pacific Medical Law Corporation, Vancouver
Justice Alan M. Ross — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Bryan E. Fitzpatrick — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
Susanne K. Raab — Pacific Medical Law Corporation, Vancouver
Closing Remarks (4:15 – 4:20)
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
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Slides: 2025 Update on Case Law
Paper: 2025 Update on Case Law
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