Minutes and Resources

This report summarizes the activity for the Criminal Justice - Vancouver Section for the 2019-2020 Term.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at The Birds and the Beets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was The Honourable Judge Joanne Challenger - Provincial Court Judge, Michelle Booker - Crown Counsel, Jenna Forbes - Executive Director for Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services Society.

A practical "how to" session on 276 and 278 applications with a perspective from defence counsel, counsel for the complainant and a view from the bench. The speakers discussed what to do, what not to do, and get judicial feedback on the most effective way to argue your application.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at The Birds and the Beets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speakers were Gwendoline Allison and Prof. Janine Benedet.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at The Birds and the Beets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Todd Gerhart, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Lara Visolyi, BC Prosection Service, Kevin Westell, Partner, Hunter Litigation.

This report summarizes the activity for the Criminal Justice - Vancouver Section for the 2018-2019 Term.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Kasandra Cronin, Defence Counsel at LaLiberte Cronin, , Halie Bruce, Counsel at Cedar & Sage Law.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie, Provincial Court of British Columbia; Ian Donaldson, QC, Donaldson's; and Todd Gerhart, Public Prosecution Service of Canada.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Peter Edelmann, Defence Counsel with Edelmann & Co. Law Offices, , Joven Narwal, Defence Counsel with Narwal Litigation LLP, , Tony Paisana, Defence Counsel with Peck and Company Barristers.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was the Honourable Judge Ellen Gordon, Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia; Kaityln Chewka, Legal Counsel for the Constitutional & Administrative Law Group of the Ministry of Attorney General; and Meghan Forhan, Defence Counsel with Mickelson & Whysall.