Summary of Meetings: Appellate Advocacy Law
Number of Meetings Held:3
January 25, 2024
Registration Count: 117
Guest Speakers: Tom Posyniak, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP and Jessica Lithwick, Sugden McFee & Roos LLP
Meeting Title/Topic: 2023 Year in Review
Synopsis: Tom Posyniak, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP, and Jessica Lithwick, Sugden McFee & Roos LLP, review key cases from 2023 in the areas of civil litigation and public/administrative law.
February 28, 2024
Registration Count: 128
Guest Speakers: The Honourable Justice Peter Voith, Court of Appeal of British Columbia, Angus Gunn KC, Eyford Partners LLP, and Malcolm Funt, Bojm, Funt & Gibbons LLP
Meeting Title/Topic: Factum Drafting
Synopsis: The Honourable Justice Voith, BC Court of Appeal, Angus Gunn KC, Eyford Partners LLP, and Malcolm Funt, Bojm, Funt & Gibbons LLP lead a workshop on factum drafting.
April 22, 2024
Online Registration Count: 39
In-Person Registration Count: 13
Guest Speakers: Justice Harvey Groberman, BCCA, Lindsay Waddell, Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, and Connor Bildfell, McCarthy Tetrault
Meeting Title/Topic: Interveners, Intervenors, and Interventions in Appellate Practice
Synopsis: What is the state of the law? When are interventions most effective? And how can lawyers best integrate them into their practices? Justice Harvey Groberman, BCCA, Lindsay Waddell, Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, and Connor Bildfell, McCarthy Tetrault address these questions.