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Seminar

Learn about different aspects of environmental law as they relate to your practice as an Engineer or Geoscientist. This seminar will discuss areas of liability as they apply to specific environmental laws, and offer strategies to protect against risk of liability. Seminar topics will include:

• Liability for spills
  
• Reporting obligations
  
• Director/Officer liability Actions requiring permits
  
• Update on licensed professional process
  
• Contaminated sites regulation
  
• Liability for remediation
  
• Direct liability of consultants
  
• Risk management for consultants
  
• Risk management for the client

Instructors

	Rob Hunter LLB. focuses on resolving insurance, construction, engineering, architectural, environmental and professional regulatory litigation with an emphasis on the representation of design professionals in liability claims and contractual disputes. Rob also acts on behalf of professional regulatory bodies and has an environmental defense practice. Rob acts for some of Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP's prominent clients in the construction industry including the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and ENCON Insurance Managers Inc., the largest professional liability insurer in Canada. He also provides environmental defense advice to the firm's clients.
	Shelley O’Callaghan LLB. advises utility, municipal, industrial, financial, development and resource sector clients on a broad range of environmental matters. This includes providing advice on the acquisition and divestiture of industrial sites, monitoring environmental audits and site assessments, managing of contaminated sites remediation processes, advising lenders, receivers and trustees on liability issues, handling negotiations with provincial and federal regulatory authorities and conducting environmental reviews under provincial and federal assessment legislation. Shelley has significant experience in advising both the public and private sector on the environmental review processes required for major projects in British Columbia, including public-private partnerships. Shelley advised the BC Transportation Finance Authority on the application of the provincial and federal review processes in the proposed upgrade of the Lions Gate Bridge. Shelley recently acted for the Province on the Vancouver Centre Expansion Project providing strategic advice concerning the appropriate environmental assessment process, including development of First Nations and public consultation strategies. Shelley is also a founding member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation (CCEAM).

What Previous Participants have said about this Seminar:

• "Knowledgeable, easy to follow, clear "
• "Excellent overview...a mind-opening seminar "
• "Great coverage, very practical, and excellent answers to audience questions "

*Webcast Instructions
System requirements:

• Pentium class 600 MHz PC or better
• Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP
• Full-duplex sound card
• 28.8 kbps modem dial-up or better (Greater than 56K recommended)
• Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher)
• Cookies must be enabled (no cookie mongers)

You will need speakers to hear audio. IE service packs should be current, and since a software download is required, your network, firewall and/or PC security must be set to allow this.

Upon registration, you will be forwarded instructions on how to access the session.

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 2 Non-Core Learning Units.