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Apr
9

Articled Student Sim Harry Will Join Firm as Associate

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Robert C Brun

Sim will be joining the firm as an associate once her articles are completed. Congratulations to our newest addition!

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Mar
19

Robert Brun, Q.C. has been elected Second Vice President of the Canadian Bar Association!

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Robert C Brun

To read the CBA press release, click here: http://www.cba.org/CBA/News/2010_Releases/2010-03-19_2ndvp.aspx

Robert Brun, Q.C. will become Second Vice President at the Canadian Legal Conference in Niagara Falls this August—the first step on the way to the presidency of the CBA in 2012, when the conference will be held in Vancouver. Click here to see Robert’s successful speech to the National Council of the CBA: http://www.cba.org/cba/video/2010-02_election_robertbrun.wmv

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Jan
29

Harris & Brun is pleased to welcome Articled Student, Simrat K. Harry

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Robert C Brun

Simrat has a background in nursing, hands on health care experience in trauma centres and a strong grounding in scientific research. To read more about her view her Bio.

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Jan
29

Lyle Harris is appointed to Queen’s Counsel

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Robert C Brun

On December 11, 2009, Lyle was honoured to accept an appointment to Queen’s Counsel.

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Jan
29

The 2009 edition of Lyle Harris’ book Discovery Practice in BC is now available from CLEBC

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Robert C Brun

An essential resource for civil litigators, Lyle’s revision to his classic text, Discovery Practice in British Columbia (Vancouver, CLEBC) is now available through CLEBC. This update incorporates the incoming amendments to the BC Rules of Court and covers developments in the case law over the last year including:

  • The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Juman v. Doucette and the implied undertaking not to use discovered evidence outside an action.
  • Discoverability vs. privacy of documents on social networking websites.
  • Expanded analysis of electronic documents and metadata.
  • New case law on lists of documents, privilege, production of computer hard drives, jurisdiction of examinations for discovery, and exclusion of parties from examinations for discovery.
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