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One of the OBA's most unique and in demand CLE programsis back again this year with the most exciting agenda yet!
- Watch a live knee examination by renowned medical specialist Dr. Michel Lacerte
- Discuss hearing procedure issues in a small group setting with an experienced WSIAT Vice-Chair
- Learn as leading counsel explain:
- how to raise Charter arguments
- the impact of recent leading Canadian case law
- how to resolve workplace safety and insurance issues without a hearing
- how to resolve overlapping matters which complicate workplace safety and insurance appeals, including collective bargaining, personal injury litigation, and occupational health and safety law
This hugely popular annual review of current issues and practical strategies features a highly experienced faculty of leading counsel and medical experts who will give you the insights, background and tools you need to provide superior representation for your clients at the WSIB and WSIAT.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Rob Boswell, Crawford Chondon & Partners (Barrie)
Stephen Roberts, McTague Law Firm (Windsor)
Dan Revington, General Counsel, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Live Medical Examination: The Knee
Dr. Michel Lacerte, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University (London)
Mental Stress - A Cross Country Check-Up
Michael Zacks, Director, Office of the Employer Adviser
Cross-Canada Road Trip: A National Workers' Compensation Update
Sarah J. Schumacher, Office of Counsel to the Chair, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
Cross-Canada Road Trip: A National Workers' Compensation Update
David K. Wilken, Building Trades Workers' Services (Barrie)
Additional Materials
Submitted By: Rob Boswell, Crawford Chondon & Partners (Barrie)
Case Studies for Small Group Discussions
Prepared By: Dan Revington
Win, Lose or Draw: The Art of Mediated Settlements Under the WSIA
Ken Stuebing and Maeve Clougherty, Caley Wray
Complex Dispute Resolution: Settlement Strategies
Rob Boswell, Crawford Chondon & Partners (Barrie)
Bringing a Charter Case to the WSIAT: Practice Answers and Jurisprudential Questions
Matthew Horner, Ministry of Attorney General - Legal Services - Constitutional Law Branch
Identifying and Pursuing Charter and Human Rights Issues: Basics for Workers' Compensation Practitioners
Maryth R.A. Yachnin and Antony Singleton, Industrial Accident Victims of Ontario
Charter and Human Rights issues: Practice & Procedure at the WSIAT
Carol Zimmermann, Tribunal Counsel Office, WSIAT
Understanding The Intersection of Workplace Safety & Insurance and Related Areas of Law: Labour Relations, Human Rights, and Wrongful/Constructive Dismissal
Christine Davies, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell LLP and Brittany Tuer, LLP Student, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell LLP
Understanding the Intersection of Workplace Safety and Insurance and Related Areas of Law OHS Law: A Primer for the Workers' Compensation Practitioner
Cheryl A. Edwards, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP
Interactions between Workplace Safety and Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation
Jennifer King, Adair Barristers LLP