Causation on Trial: Making Sense of Causation in the Most Difficult Cases
Date
Friday, February 26, 2021 (9:00 a.m.–4:10 p.m.)
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Cindy Clarke,Borden Ladner Gervais LLP -
Richard Halpern,Gluckstein Lawyers
As a litigator, you are careful to put forth the best case for your client. In tort cases, causation is often a challenging and even elusive concept, particularly in cases involving multiple wrongdoers or complex factual scenarios. What is the But-For test? How should the But-For test be applied? Are there alternatives to the But-For test? Can any confusion about the But-For test that permeates the case law be resolved? Take a deep dive into these and other causation issues, with our experienced judges, lawyers and academics, in a full day, in-depth program.
- Learn best practices for collaboration with counsel to best frame jury questions on causation
- Hear discussion on the fundamental nature of the But-For test and how counsel and courts could better articulate the test
- Gain insights on professionalism and working with experts
Presenters
- The Honourable Justice Darla Wilson, Superior Court of Justice
- The Honourable John Laskin
- The Honourable Thomas Cromwell, C.C., Borden Ladner Gervais LLp
- Gayle Brock, Brock Medical Malpractice Law PC
- Cindy Clarke, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Domenic Crolla, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
- Tom Curry, C.S., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
- Donald Dow, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
- Hilik Elmaleh, Sommers Roth & Elmaleh Professional Corporation
- Richard Halpern, Gluckstein Lawyers
- Professor Erik Knutsen, Faculty of Law, Queen's University
- Peter Kryworuk, Lerners LLP
- Cynthia Kuehl, C.S., Lerners LLP
- Barbara Legate, C.S., Legate Personal Injury Lawyers
- Anna Marrison, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Jerome Morse, C.S., Morse Shannon LLP
- Paul Pape, Pape Chaudhury LLP
- Mary Thomson, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
