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SUMMARY:VBA 2025 Spring Dinner
DESCRIPTION:The Victoria Bar Association is pleased to invite you to this year’s Spring Dinner at Ithaka’s Greek Restaurant in Downtown Victoria. We are excited to host you at this beautiful venue\, while sampling some of the best Mediterranean cuisine in the city through a generous 4 course offering. \nSubmit your registration (details below) promptly. To register please either 1) pay online or 2) pay by cheque. \nDate: Wednesday\, April 9th\nTime: 5:30PM doors & cocktails\, 6:15PM dinner \nPlace: Ithaka’s Greek Restaurant\, 716 Burdett Ave. \nCost: $100 per person \nMENU – 4 Courses  \nCourse 1: Saganaki Flambée\, Kalamari (family style) \nCourse 2: – Choice of: \n\nGreek Salad\nCaesar Salad\n\nCourse 3 – Choice of:  \n\nPrawns Souvlaki\nRoast lamb shank\n½ rack Greek ribs & prawns\nBeef tenderloin Souvlaki\nVegetarian Moussaka\nVegetarian Spanakopita\nVegetarian Dolmades\n\nCourse 4 – Choice of: \n\nEkmek\nBaklava\nChocolate mousse\nTiramisu\nHomemade mocha almond ice cream\n\nDessert includes your choice of coffee or tea. \nPlease indicate any dietary restrictions or allergies and the venue will do their best to accommodate you. \nREGISTRATION \nDeadline: April 4\, 2025 (but event will likely sell out before then) \nAttendees must be members of the Victoria Bar Association. \nPreferred: Online through the website event page at www.vicbar.ca. ***PLEASE NOTE –  you do not need a PayPal account to purchase a ticket\, on the payment details page simply de-select the “Save info & create PayPal account” if you do not wish to use or create a PayPal account. \nBy Cheque: Please contact Sofia Green at Sofia.Green@gov.bc.ca – please include your full name\, firm\, and salad\, dinner\, and dessert selections in your email\, as well as any dietary restrictions. \nThe Victoria Bar Association is committed to reducing/eliminating barriers to member attendance at our events. If you would like to attend this event but are experiencing a barrier\, please reach out to the VBA president to see what help may be available.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/vba-2025-spring-dinner/
LOCATION:Ithaka’s Greek Restaurant\, 716 Burdett Ave\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 3G2
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SUMMARY:April Director's Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The monthly meeting for the Victoria Bar Association Directors \nVBA-Agenda-APRIL-2025 \nVBA-Minutes-March-2025 \nTreasurer Report – March 17\, 2025 to April 14\, 2025 \nPlease advise the vice-president if you are intending to attend the meeting in person.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/april-directors-meeting/
LOCATION:Barrister’s Lounge – Victoria Law Courts\, 850 Burdett Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1B4\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen Lyons":MAILTO:stephen@lyons.law
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SUMMARY:Professionalism and Legal Ethics for Younger Lawyers
DESCRIPTION:The Victoria Bar Association (“VBA”) is grateful to Sean Finn\, Monique Dull and JA Pankiw-Petty for hosting a dinner series for articled students and junior lawyers with up to five (5) years of practice regarding issues of professionalism and ethics in the practice of law. \nThese sessions are designed to be “roundtable” discussions with senior lawyers acting as facilitators rather than lecturing on these topics. Articled students and junior counsel gain a forum within which to discuss the challenges that arise in our day-to-day practice as well as hear how others deal with these sometimes difficult and stressful issues. \nMembers of the bench generously attend to comment and Pinder Cheema\, K.C.\, kindly co-chairs when available. \nBefore the first session\, learners will be provided with a copy of Chief Justice McEachern’s paper (updated by Michael Goldie\, K.C.\, and others)\, Ethical and Professional Responsibility Issues. Each session focuses on a different portion of this paper. \nDates \nWe will host three sessions this spring on the following dates from 5:00PM – 6:45PM: \n\nTuesday\, April 22nd\, 2025\nMonday\, May 26th\, 2025\nMonday\, June 9th\, 2025\n\nGoing forward\, this course will be held only in the spring term. \nLocation \nThe Barristers’ Lounge off the courthouse library on the 5th floor of 850 Burdett Street. \nCost \nThis program will be offered at no cost to articled students and junior lawyers with up to five (5) years of practice who are members of the VBA. A light catered meal will be served at each session. \nProfessional Development Credits \nEach session offers 1.5 hours of professional development credits. \nHow to Participate \nOnce you have paid your VBA membership fee (VBA registration can be completed here: https://vicbar.ca/membership-join/)\, please email Sean Finn at sfinn@jonesemery.com to register for this particular Inns of Court series. \nYour name will need to be on the list we provide to the courthouse after-hours security to get into the courthouse for the course. \nHow to get CPD Credit \nTo claim your CPD credits\, please:\na.    Find Law Society “Continuing Professional Development” \nb.    Select “Member Portal” \nc.     Enter you information and the select ‘Login’ \nd.    Under “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)” \ne.    Type the group study name of “Inns of Court – Victoria Bar Association” into the “Course/Group Study” name box (leave dates out as this is set up with a date range for the calendar year). \nf.   Select “Inns of Court – Victoria Bar Association” \ng.    DO NOT TYPE IN THE NAME OF THIS SPECIFIC COURSE WHEN APPLYING FOR CREDITS. YOU WILL NOT FIND IT. YOU DO NOT NEED THE NAME IN ORDER TO CLAIM YOUR 1.5 HOURS OF CREDIT. \nh.    Under “Record your CPD hours” type “1.5” \ni.  Under “Completion Date” type in the date you took the session.\n\n\n\nj.  Select the “Get Credit” Button
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/professionalism-and-legal-ethics-for-younger-lawyers/
LOCATION:Barrister’s Lounge – Victoria Law Courts\, 850 Burdett Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1B4\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Sean Finn":MAILTO:sfinn@jonesemery.com
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SUMMARY:Inns of Court - Shield\, Sword or Swiss Army Knife? Modern Proprietary Estoppel across Practice Areas
DESCRIPTION:Inns of Court:  Shield\, Sword or Swiss Army Knife? –Modern Proprietary Estoppel across Practice Areas \n Date:                   Wednesday\, April 23\, 2025 – 5:00pm to 7:30pm \n Location:          Maple Room – Sticky Wicket Pub (food provided) \nTopic:                   The SCC confirmed the test for proprietary estoppel in the Victoria-based case of Cowper-Smith in 2017\, but how has this decision been applied in practice areas across Canada since then\, and what should solicitors and litigators be aware of regarding its application?  Learn why solicitors should be aware of its future application to their present estate planning work\, and why litigators should be aware of this useful cause of action that apparently is not limited to just interests in real property. \n Panelists: \n Heather Fisher (Partner\, Horne Coupar) – UVic LL.B. 2001\, BC call in 2002\, Heather has practiced primarily in the areas of estate and trust litigation.  From 2009 to 2019 Heather was a contributor to the CLEBC Annual Review of Law & Practice as the author of the chapter Wills\, Trusts\, Estates and Adult Guardianship.   Heather is a current contributor to CLEBC’s Estate Disputes in British Columbia: A Litigator’s Guide. \n John Alexander (Partner\, Cox Taylor) – UBC LL.B. 1982\, BC call in 1982\, John’s primary practice area is land use law\, local government (municipal) litigation\, expropriation\, and solutions to complex land title and ownership problems. He has appeared at all levels of the courts in Canada and has over 90 reported decisions in the last 30 years. \nDarren Williams (Principal\, League and Williams Lawyers) – UVic LL.B. 2000\, BC call in 2001\, Darren is the Chair of the CBA National Civil Litigation Section\, former President of the Victoria Bar Association\, and manages a solicitors and litigators practice with an emphasis on estate planning and litigation.  Darren has presented on proprietary estoppel nationally. \n___________________________________________________________________________________  \nProfessional Development Credits: This course offers up to 2 hours of Professional Development Credits (See “How to get CPD Credit” below). \nCost: The cost of the event is $55.00 per person paid to the “Victoria Bar Association”\, either by: \n\nPay online through the Inns of Court event page at www.Vicbar.ca (click link); or\n\n\nPay manually by sending a cheque to Darren Williams at:\n\nLeague and Williams Law Corp. \n210-174 Wilson St \nVictoria BC V9A 7N6 \nEmail: dwilliams@leaguelaw.com \nHow to get PD Credit \nTo get the 2 PD Credits\, this is the process after the event has completed: \n\nFind Law Society “Member Services”\nSelect “Member Portal” and enter your information\n‘Login’\nUnder “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)”\nType the group study name of “Inns of Court” into the “Course/Group Study” name box (leave dates out as this is set up with a date range)\nIn the Course/Group Study box type in ‘Inns of Court”\nFrom the Drop down menu select “Inns of Court – Victoria Bar Association”\nSelect “Inns of Court Victoria Court (18 Credits) Jan.1 – December 31\, 2025” or something similar as the name is undergoing a slight change.\nDO NOT TYPE IN THE NAME OF THIS COURSE WHEN APPLYING FOR CREDITS. YOU WILL NOT FIND IT. YOU DO NOT NEED THE NAME IN ORDER TO CLAIM YOUR 2 HOURS OF CREDIT.\nUnder “Record your CPD hours” type ‘2’\nUnder “Completion Date” type in the date you took the course\n\nSelect the “Get Credit” Button \n 
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/inns-of-court-shield-sword-or-swiss-army-knife-modern-proprietary-estoppel-across-practice-areas/
LOCATION:Strathcona Hotel\, 919 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, BC\, Canada
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