Week Ten: – Occupiers’ Liability

The goal of this week’s class is to learn how to litigate an occupiers’ liability / commercial host claim and a medical malpractice claim using specific case studies as examples.

Readings:

• Occupiers Liability Act (gov.bc.ca)

Saloojee v. Gibsons (Town), 2023 BCSC 249 (CanLII)

Stanton v. District of North Vancouver

• Pleadings
  • NOCC
  • RTCC
• Expert report on liability

Ramos v. Translink

• Pleadings
  • NOCC
  • RTCC
• Rule 9-7 Summary Trial Notice of Application  
• Response to Application
• Written Submissions of the plaintiff
• Defendant’s Written Submissions

Crawford v. Nazif

• Further Amended Notice of Civil Claim
• Oral Reasons of August 9, 2019, Crossin, J., in Chambers re Mediation Default
• Will Says
• “Jury Openings: Persuading Without Advocating,” by Mike Slater, Q.C.
• Plaintiff’s Opening
• Condensed Trial Transcripts, Days 1-5, September 3-9, 2019
  Day 1
  Day 2
  Day 3
  Day 4
  Day 5
• Notice of Demonstrative Evidence
• Crawford v. Nazif, 2019 BCSC 2337
• Crawford v. Osuteye, 2019 BCSC 2336
• Expert report of Dr. Ian Gillespie, January 23, 2019
• Expert report of Dr. George Pawliuk, June 19, 2019