Annual Review of Law & Practice - 2016

Keep up with the year’s most important developments in the law

This book is essential for: all lawyers who want to keep current with the law.

• finding the key decisions from the courts and tribunals over the year in a number of areas
• researching significant amendments to legislation and policies made over the last year
• understanding the importance of these legal developments to practice
• keeping up with developments in topics outside your main practice area

CONTENTS

• Aboriginal Law
  Robert J.M. Janes, QC — JFK Law Corporation, Victoria
• Administrative Law
  Greg J. Allen, Eileen M. Patel & Kenneth K. Leung — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
• Civil Procedure
  • Costs
    Adam Howden-Duke & Taylor-Marie Young — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
    Matthew Van Nostrand — Murphy Battista LLP, Kelowna 
  • Court Rules
    Kenneth K. Leung, Mark S. Oulton, Rebecca J. Robb — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
    Katie E. Webber — Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Administrative Law Group, Victoria
  • Small Claims Court
    Krista M. Johanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
• Commercial Law
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
    Carol M. Cash & Gregory J. Gehlen — Gehlen Dabbs, Vancouver
  • Collections
    Daniel R. Shouldice — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver
    Gemma L. Whitehead — Fulton & Company LLP, Vancouver
  • Franchise Law
    Eric C. Little, Blair A. Rebane & Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  • Personal Property Security Act
    Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
  • Shareholder Remedies
    Robert W. Cooper, QC & Andrew Crabtree — Cooper Litigation, Vancouver
• Construction Law
  Stephen P. Coyle, Steven P. Chasey & Karen Martin — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
• Contracts
  Bruce W. MacDougall — Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of BC, Vancouver
• Criminal Law
  Elizabeth A. Campbell, Lindsay Pearce & Matthew G. Scott — Crown Law Division, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Vancouver
• Environmental Law
  Timothy J. Bottomer, Sean P. Jones & Dionysios Rossi — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
• Evidence
  Julia K. Lockhart, James C. MacInnis & Peter R. Senkpiel — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
• Family Law
  Emma J. Ferguson & Samantha L. Stepney — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
• Human Rights
  Christopher M. McHardy & Ryley M. Mennie — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
• Immigration Law
  Saba Z. Naqvi — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
• Insurance Law
  Julie K. Lamb & Mark M. Skorah, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
• Intellectual Property Law
  
  • Copyright
    Jeffrey F. Vicq — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
  • Patents
    Thomas W. Bailey — Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP, Vancouver
  • Trademarks
    D. Scott Lamb — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver 
• Internet Law
  Sepideh Alavi & Bradley J. Freedman — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
• Labour and Employment Law
  • Employment Law
    Lisa M. Carlson & Steve M. Winder — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  • Labour Relations Board
    David T. McDonald & Monique G. Orieux — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
  • Workers' Compensation
    Laurel M. Courtenay — WorkSafeBC, Richmond
• Maritime Law
  Allison V. Jaquish, Dionysios Rossi & Graham Walker — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
• Municipal Law
  Barry S. Williamson — Young, Anderson, Kelowna
• Practice
  • Lawyers' Remuneration
    Greg T. Palm — Hamilton Duncan Armstrong + Stewart Law Corporation, Surrey
  • Professional Responsibility
    Jeffrey G. Hoskins, QC & Michael D. Lucas — Law Society of BC, Vancouver
• Real Property Law
  Patrick Beechinor, Jordanna Cytrynbaum, Kate Macdonald & Scott D. Smythe — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
• Taxation
  Alexander C. Demner, Jennifer I.C. Flood, R. Ian Humphries & Ken Jiang — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
• Torts
  Alexander C. Bjornson & Hunter Parsons — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
• Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Adult Guardianship
  Heather D. Fisher — Horne Coupar, Victoria