DISABILITY CLAIMS MANAGEMENT AND LITIGATION

ARTICLE 1

Mental Health in the Workplace

Dr. Joti Samra, R. Psych.
Organizational & Media Consultant
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University

ARTICLE 2

Reviewing Employer and Employee Rights and Obligations in Disability Claims

Craig A.B. Ferris
Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP

ARTICLE 3

Employer and Employee Rights and Obligations in
Disability Claims

Lorene A. Novakowski
Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

ARTICLE 4

Invisible Disabilities

Lindsay Lyster
Lawyer
Moore Edgar Olson

ARTICLE 5

Insurer Requests for Information

Lucette Wesley
Director, Disability Claims
Pacific Blue Cross/BC Life

ARTICLE 6

The Obtaining of Clinical Records and Independent Medical Examinations
in Claims Under Long Term Disability Policies

Callum Kelly
Associate
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

ARTICLE 7

Employer Rights and Obligations in Connection with Employee Personal
Medical Information

Carman J. Overholt, Q.C.
Partner
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

ARTICLE 8

Finding the Threshold for Seeking Accommodation and Undue Hardship

Sarah Hentschel
Associate
Watson Goepel Maledy LLP

Judith Macfarlane
Partner
Bull, Housser &amp: Tupper LLP

ARTICLE 9

Enforcing Mandatory Rehabilitation Clauses

Janis McAfee
Insurance Defence Counsel
Dolden Wallace Folick LLP

ARTICLE 10

Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits – A Primer

Martin Willemse
Associate
HWM Lawyers

Kirk Wirsig
Partner
HWM Lawyers

ARTICLE 11

Disability Insurance for Business Owners

Brad Pashby
Corporate Life and Health Insurance Advisor
Pemberton Insurance

ARTICLE 12

Reviewing Recent Cases and Decisions from the Last 12 Months

Stein Gudmundseth
Senior Commercial Litigation Lawyer
Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP

ARTICLE 13

Ethics in Action: Practice and Community

Kirk H. Wirsig
Partner
HWM Lawyers

Jan Lindsay
Lindsay Kenney LLP