The Crown – both federal and provincial – continues to find itself a target of litigation, whether in class actions or more generally. Both plaintiffs’ and Crown counsel need to meet the challenges posed in this continuously developing area – challenges that embrace the nature and scope of liability, the procedures and best practices involved in suing or defending the government, and the far-reaching consequences for the public interest.

As a government lawyer, private practitioner or in-house litigation counsel, you need the insights and tools which an expert faculty will place before you in this eighth annual Osgoode Professional Development program. Like its well-received predecessors, it will guide you through the latest developments – and help you over the gravest pitfalls – in civil litigation involving public authorities. Crown Liability has established a reputation as an outstanding guide to the relevant substantive law, procedural rules and winning strategies and tactics in the field.

Chairs
Joseph K. Cheng, Counsel, Department of Justice (Canada)
Andrew Lokan, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Malliha Wilson, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services Division
Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

OPD Program Lawyer

Paul Truster

ptruster@osgoode.yorku.ca