Tom Beasley has been appointed as Chair of the Advisory Committee for the BC Law Institute’s study on the Employment Standards Act (ESA). BCLI conducts scholarly research and analysis for law reform on specific areas. The ESA Project is funded in part by the Law Foundation of BC. The BCLI research is conducted by BCLI staff who get… more »
Bernard LLP lawyer Tom Beasley and Dr. David Worling, a Registered Psychologist and BC’s leading Asperger’s psychologist, are co-presenting a paper on May 8, 2015 at the Employment Law CLE on “Supporting Employees with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)”, which will review: clinical characteristics associated with ASD along with the unique set of employment characteristics that can impact workplace… more »
Bernard LLP lawyer Tom Beasley and Dr. Jennifer Newman, a workplace registered psychologist who has a weekly presentation on CBC Radio, will present a seminar on “Creating a Psychologically Healthy and Safe Workplace” on March 20, 2015 to a group of Chief Executive Officers at their annual retreat in Baja, Mexico.… more »
Bernard LLP’s Thomas S. Hawkins and David S. Jarrett gave a presentation to the Marine Insurance Association of British Columbia’s Market Committee on November 18, 2014. The presentation was entitled Cross-Border Pollution – Pacific Focus and dealt with ship-source pollution issues in both Canada and the United States as well as a comparison of the two jurisdictions’ compensation regimes.… more »
Bernard LLP partner Peter Swanson recently presented a talk to the BC Urological Society at their meeting in Vancouver on October 4, 2014. Peter’s talk was entitled “MSC Audits: The Physician’s Burden” and addressed a number of key issues in the audit process including what to do when the auditor calls, understanding the basic audit framework, recognizing the importance of… more »
At the annual meeting of the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association in Halifax, held September 24-27,2014, Bernard LLP partner Gary Wharton presented a paper on a panel dealing with Transportation Safety in the Age of Energy Security covering Canadian Developments in the Transportation of Oil by Sea. The presentation dealt with technical advances in the transportation of oil at sea, the… more »
As a member of the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia’s “Business of Shipping” presentation team, Bernard LLP partner Peter Swanson was in action in Calgary on October 21 at the invitation of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Peter along with Stephen Pyne, Christian Waldegrave, Paul Hexter, Daryl Raibl, Kevin Obermeyer and Stephen Brown provided eight hours… more »
Bernard LLP is proud to be a gold sponsor of the upcoming Legal Section Annual Meeting of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, a non-profit association with member companies accounting for 99% of Canada’s life and health insurance business. The annual meeting is entitled “New Legal Frontiers” and will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta on October 2 –… more »
Peter Swanson participated as a speaker on the water law panel at the 2013 Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit entitled “Natural Resource and Energy Legal Developments North and South of 60.” The summit was held in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, during the summer solstice. Peter’s presentation focused on the regulation of ship-source pollution in Canada including… more »
Tom Hawkins has been asked to participate as speaker on a maritime panel to discuss cross-border issues between the United States and Canada at the 84th Annual meeting of the US Association of Transportation Law Professionals (ATLP) in Atlantic Beach, Florida. The conference takes place during the week of June 22, 2013. The ATLP is an American organization consisting… more »