Wu Conference Centre, Fredericton - Registration opens at 8 am
8:30 am Top 5 S.C.C. Cases in the Last Year (Plus a Couple More)
Eugene Meehan, Q.C., Supreme Advocacy LLP, Ottawa
8:45 am “Here be Dragons” – Some Principles of Canadian Maritime Law Including:
M. Robert Jette, Q.C., Fredericton
9:00 am Statutory Appeals
Jessica Melanson, Melanson Law, Fredericton
9:10 am Extra-Provincial Tort Claims – Where do you Commence the Proceedings?
Lucie Richard, Q.C., Law Society of NB, Fredericton
9:25 am The Public Trustee as Litigation Administrator in Motor Vehicle Accidents Litigation
Chantal M. Landry, Legal Aid – Public Trustee Services, Fredericton
9:35 am Recent Issues in Causation Law
Nicholas Léger-Riopel, Université de Moncton, Moncton
9:50 am Top 5 Written Argument Pointers (Plus Another 5); Top 5 Oral Argument Pointers (Plus Another 5)
Eugene Meehan, Q.C., Supreme Advocacy LLP, Ottawa
10:05 am Health Break
10:20 am Questioning a Physician on their Medical Chart (Tips for discovery and trial)
John A. McKiggan, Q.C., McKiggan Hebert Lawyers, Halifax
10:40 am An Interfering Expropriation?...What a Nuisance!
Melanie C. Tompkins, City of Saint John, Saint John
10:55 am Long Term Disability Insurance Update
Jade A. Spalding, Cox & Palmer, Fredericton
11:10 am Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen? The Appointment of Separate Counsel for the Insured (Cumis Counsel)
Catherine A. Blomquist, McInnes Cooper, Moncton
11:25 am None of Your Business? Exposing the Basics of Privacy Tort Claims
Professor Hilary A. N. Young, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
11:40 am “Teach Your Children Well” – Claims Against Parents and Those In Loca Parentis Under The Duty to Supervise and Instruct
Bruce Grant, Canty Lutz Delaquis Grant Law, Saint John
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Recent Developments in Regulatory & Crown Immunity in NB
David G. O’Brien, Q.C., Cox & Palmer, Saint John
1:15 pm Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – A Review of Recent Case Law
Emma Neynens, Forté Law Droit, Moncton
1:30 pm Crash! Boom! Bang! Is that the Sound of Your Homeowner Policy Kicking In?
Katherine Donovan, Canty Lutz Delaquis Grant, Saint John
1:40 pm Helicopter Judging
Kenneth McCullogh, Q.C., Stewart McKelvey, Saint John
1:55 pm The Interplay of Family Law and Personal Injury
Tracey Peters, Droit Veritas Law, Dieppe
2:10 pm Is There a Free-Standing Tort of Harassment?
J. Danie Roy, Danie Roy Avocats Lawyers, Moncton
2:20 pm Reasonableness is Next to Godliness; Aviva v. L’Évèque Catholique Romain de Bathurst 2018 NBCA 64
Kevin C. Toner, E.J. Mockler, Professional Corporation, Fredericton
2:35 pm The Best Defence is a Perfect Offence – The Procedural Requirements for Terminating an Insurance Policy
Katherine Toner, Stewart McKelvey, Fredericton
2:50 pm Health Break
3:05 pm “When is it Any of Your Business??” – Redacting Medical Records in a Personal Injury Case
Catherine A. Fawcett, Godbout Fawcett, Saint John
Christopher M. Correia, Q.C., Correia & Collins, Saint John
3:25 pm Are We in Agreement? Minutes of Settlement: Protecting your Fees and Lowering Taxes
Mathieu N. Picard, Fidelis Law Droit, Moncton
3:35 pm What is “Regular Employment?” Recent Considerations of the Application of the Threshold From the Employment Perspective
Toby Bristow, Cantini Law Group, Moncton
3:50 pm The Outsiders: Exclusions Under the Workers’ Compensation Act
Matthew R. Letson, Lawson Creamer, Saint John
4:05 pm Exploring the Art and Social Science of Impeaching Witnesses
Kelly T. VanBuskirk, Q.C., Lawson Creamer, Saint John
4:35 pm End of conference