Course Chairs
The Honourable Mr. Justice Harvey M. Groberman — Court of Appeal for British Columbia, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice George K. Macintosh — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs (bio and photos to come)
Harvey Groberman is a judge of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and the Court of Appeal of the Yukon Territory, and a Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory. He was appointed to the BC Supreme Court in 2001, to the Yukon Supreme Court in 2005, and to the BC and Yukon Courts of Appeal in 2008. Prior to becoming a judge, Mr. Justice Groberman was a civil litigator who appeared frequently before trial and appellate courts and administrative tribunals. He practiced with the Attorney General of BC and with Davis & Company (as it was then known) in the fields of civil litigation and constitutional and administrative law. Mr. Justice Groberman was called to the BC bar in 1985, and was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1999. He taught administrative law at the University of Victoria for several years, and now teaches statutory interpretation at the University of BC and University of Victoria.
Mr. Justice Groberman received a BA from the University of Alberta in 1979, a JD from the University of Toronto in 1982, and an MLitt in law from the University of Oxford in 1989. He has written and presented papers on a variety of topics at conferences presented by the CLE Society of BC, the Canadian Bar Association, the National Justice Institute, and other organizations.
Mr. Justice George K. Macintosh is a Judge of the Supreme Court of BC. Prior to his appointment, he led the litigation group in the law firm of Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he practiced from his call to the Bar until his appointment to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in January of 2014. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in British Columbia in 1987, elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1991, and appointed a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers in 2001.
As a lawyer, Mr. Justice Macintosh practiced as general counsel specializing in civil litigation, at trial and on appeal, appearing before many provincial and federal tribunals including the Supreme Court of Canada. Occasionally, he appeared before tribunals outside Canadian jurisdiction including the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. He also sat from time to time as an arbitration chair in a wide variety of disputes.
Mr. Justice Macintosh has served as special prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General of British Columbia, as commission counsel for the government of British Columbia, and as counsel to a panel of the Canadian Judicial Council in its hearing of a complaint against a federally-appointed judge. He has served as amicus curiae to the B.C. Supreme Court on a constitutional reference. Mr. Justice Macintosh was also a member of the Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute (BC Region), which provided advice to counsel for their first appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada. He has frequently served as a lecturer and as a published author in litigation subjects for CLEBC, UBC Law School, and the Inns of Court project of which he is a founding member.
Course Presenters
The Honourable Mr. Justice Harvey Groberman — Court of Appeal for British Columbia, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice George K. Macintosh — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
Carla L. Forth, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
Nikos E. Harris — Faculty of Law, University of BC AND Peck & Company, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice Sidney Lederman — Superior Court of Justice, Toronto
John D. Shields — Shields Harney, Vancouver
Angela R. Westmacott, QC — Lovett Westmacott, Victoria
Discussion Group Leaders
The Honourable Mr. Justice Harvey Groberman — Court of Appeal of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice George K. Macintosh — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
Mark D. Andrews, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Wendy A. Baker, QC — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Carla L. Forth, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
Nikos E. Harris — Faculty of Law, University of BC, Vancouver AND Peck & Company, Vancouver
R.J. Randall Hordo, QC — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Brent B. Olthuis — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
Andi N. Mackay — Winteringham Mackay Law Corporation, Vancouver
Sharon Matthews, QC — Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP, Vancouver
Andrew I. Nathanson — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
John D. Shields — Shields Harney, Vancouver
James M. Sullivan — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Angela R. Westmacott, QC — Lovett Westmacott, Victoria
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