Affidavit Secrets: Mastering Effective and Persuasive Affidavits
Join us for this practical and valuable program about Affidavit Secrets. Watch as two experienced British Columbia litigators discuss what works and what to avoid. A smorgasbord of bad examples will be reviewed, so you can learn from what not to do. You'll also learn some winning tips.
The course is designed to equip legal professionals with the essential skills and strategies for effectively handling affidavit evidence in litigation. Through comprehensive lectures and practical examples, participants will learn how to draft, challenge, and leverage affidavits to their advantage. The course covers key techniques for addressing poorly drafted affidavits, understanding the nuances of admissible versus inadmissible evidence, and employing strategic judgment calls to optimize case outcomes. By the end of this course, attendees will be able to navigate the complexities of affidavit evidence with confidence and precision.
Toronto Lawyers Association
For more than 135 years, the Toronto Lawyers' Association, located within the Courthouse Library, has represented the interests of lawyers practising in the City of Toronto. The association was founded to support its members in three key areas: Knowledge, Advocacy, and Community. To uphold these pillars, the association offers a year-round mix of online and in-person education programs for lawyers, hosts both free and paid events to foster in-person networking, and submits advocacy pieces on behalf of its members to the Ontario bench and bar, all levels of government, and the broader public.
Commercial Litigator at Shields Harney
Andrew is an experienced commercial litigator who has provided candid and effective advice to clients of all sizes for more than twenty years. He has achieved a high rate of success in both trial and appellate decisions. Andrew is closely involved in all the matters he accepts and has a 91% overall success rate in more than 100 reported decisions, with an 86% success rate in trials and a 92% success rate on appeals. He has achieved a similar success rate for summary judgments and petitions he has prepared and argued for his clients, to obtain a positive result at an early stage and without the stress and expense of a trial. Andrew has a varied practice. He appears in many courts and tribunals, including the B.C. Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Partner at Shields Harney
John is a consummate barrister with more than three decades of experience litigating commercial matters, including disputes involving partnership issues, banking, contracts, wrongful dismissal, non-solicitation and non-competition covenants, injunctions, arbitrations, professional discipline, and appeals. The more complicated, the better. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, and the Supreme Court of Canada; in arbitrations in British Columbia, Nevada, and New York; and before the British Columbia Securities Commission, the former Real Estate Council, the Financial Services Tribunal, and the British Columbia Financial Services Authority.
