Litigation
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Breaking the Service Mould
$0.00This paper discusses strategies for providing excellent customer service that will help lawyers grow their business and build client loyalty. The 5 strategies discussed are: caring about the client, being accountable, being timely, considering the little things, and developing a service culture.
This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Client Relationship Essentials seminar in Edmonton on April 18, 2017.
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Briefing Your Witness for Questioning
$35.00Author: Joseph V. Miller QC
This paper discusses the briefing process and explores how lawyers can educate clients on the questioning process to address misunderstandings and mistrust. It also reviews steps to help make clients better witnesses at questioning.
The materials also include a sample client memo, “A Client’s Guide to Questioning”.
This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Questioning program in Edmonton on November 6, 2019 and in Calgary on November 12, 2019.
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Builders’ Liens: A Quick Reference Guide to the Past Five Years of Jurisprudence
$45.00This paper discusses the Alberta court decisions affecting builders’ liens rendered in the last 5 years. Sectioned according to subject matter, this paper is an excellent tool for new lawyers and also as an important update to the more experienced practitioner in builders’ liens.
This paper was presented as part of LESA’s Builders’ Liens seminar, held in March, 2015.
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Buying and Selling a Business (2019) (Program Materials)
Review purchase and sale agreements, understand the structuring of deals, and consider important pre-transaction factors.
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Can you Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?: The Deductibility of Future Benefits From SEF 44 Claims.
$0.00This paper reviews the terms of the Alberta SEF 44 and the impact of 3 recent and contradictory Court of Appeal decisions from PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. While none of these decisions is binding, the author notes that their impact in Alberta will be largely determined by the interpretation of the SCC decision in Somersall v. Friedman. The author concludes that the New Brunswick decision is inconsistent with the SCC characterization of the SEF 44 policy as “indemnity” coverage which should be interpreted in a way to avoid double recovery to the injured claimant. For this reason speculates that Alberta will not rely on the NBCA case, and will instead rely more so on the PEI and NS cases.
This paper was drawn from materials presented at the Personal Injury and Insurance Update seminar held in May 2012.
Length: 8 Pages
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Case Management: Dealing with Limitations, Deadlines, and Delay on Civil Litigation Files
$65.00Authors: Alex Mosaico and Daniel England
This paper examines 6 major categories of deadlines that civil litigation lawyers typically deal with and discusses various aspects of the process for assessing, diarizing, and entering limitations.
The 6 categories discussed are commencing proceedings, serving a claim, responding to claims and amending pleadings, third party claims, affidavits of records, and advancement of actions (such as inexcusable or inordinate delays and the drop-dead rule).
This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Advanced Civil Litigation for Paralegals program in Calgary on February 20, 2020 and in Edmonton on February 24, 2020.
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Cases, Clients, and…Contemplative Lawyering? How the Practice of Mindful Lawyering Can Improve Lawyer Wellness and Client Relationship Management
$55.00Wellness and client relationship management are included as competencies that lawyers are required to address in their annual continuing professional development plans. This paper discusses the interplay between a lawyer’s wellness (physical, emotional, and mental) and his or her capacity for consistent, exemplary client service through the lens and practice of mindfulness. It also explores “contemplative lawyering” as a practice to overcome conflict situations in the management of client relationships through an attitude of non-judgment, equanimity, and compassion. This paper argues that through mindful or contemplative lawyering, lawyers can achieve high standards of excellence and wellness.
This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Client Relationship Essentials seminar in Edmonton on April 18, 2017.
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Causation: Navigating through a Fool’s Paradise
$45.00This paper was presented at the Health Law seminar which was held in Edmonton on March 3, 2011 and in Calgary on March 10, 2011.
This paper covers the general principles of causation, the evolution of the law on causation and developing trends. The paper focuses on the recent Alberta cases of Nattrass v Weber, 2008 ABQB 259, Meyers v Moscovitz, 2003 ABQB 468, and Philip v Bablitz, 2004 ABQB 2, which were decided following the Supreme Court of Canada case of Resurfice Corp v Hanke, 2007 SCC 7.
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Causation: Stare Non Decisis
$45.00This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the law of causation, including a review of the case law beginning with the House of the Lords and concluding with the Supreme Court of Canada trilogy of Snell v. Farrell, Athey v. Leonati, and Hanke v. Resurfice. The author then considers the application of the SCC articulated principles in recent Alberta and B.C. cases and draws conclusions about the state of the law.
This paper was drawn from materials presented at the Personal Injury and Insurance Update seminar held in May 2012.
Length: 16 Pages
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CCDC Contracts
$45.00In this paper, the authors provide a detailed look at CCDC (Canadian Construction Documents Committee) contracts. Specifically, they look at the purpose of CCDC contracts, common contracts, common issues relating to these contracts and subjects on which they are silent.
This paper was presented at LESA’s Construction Law program offered in February 2015.
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Changes to the Alberta Insurance Act
$0.00This paper provides a brief synopsis of the changes to the Insurance Act that came into effect on July 1, 2012. It also highlights some of the regulatory changes that accompany the Insurance Act amendments. From the lengthening of limitation periods, to changes in the dispute resolution process, to fire coverage and protecting the innocent co-insured, this paper will leave you appraised of the major changes to the legislation.
This paper was drawn from materials presented at the Personal Injury and Insurance Update seminar held in May 2012.
Length: 6 Pages
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Civil Advocacy Series: Argument Program Materials
This skills-based program helped litigators hone their skills to effectively tie evidence and law together. It provided various strategies to employ in civil litigation, including information on managing and citing evidence, reconsidering an argument strategy, developing a confident courtroom demeanour, and more.
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