Heuristica Team Going to 2024 CLOC GLOBAL Institute Premier Event!

Heuristica’s, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Counsel, Crystal O’Donnell and Laine McGarragle, Director, Client Services & Counsel are excited to be attending the 2024 CLOC Global Institute event.

If you want to reach out to meet or chat you can contact them at:

Crystal O’Donnell:codonnell@discoverycounsel.ca

Laine McGarragle:lmcgarragle@discoverycounsel.ca

Looking forward to seeing everyone at CGI 2024!

For more information about the CLOC 2024 Global Institute event please visit their website.

The Price of Technological Incompetence

Candice Chan-Glasgow

Director, Review Services and Counsel

March 4, 2024

A recent ruling on costs from the Supreme Court of British Columbia highlights the risks for counsel who do not understand the appropriate use of generative AI and legal technology.

In Zhang v Chen, 2024 BCSC 285 (CanLII), Justice Masuhara made a rare cost order, requiring the respondent’s counsel, Ms. Ke, to pay costs personally for the additional effort and expense arising from listing two cases “hallucinated” by ChatGPT into the respondent’s Notice of Application.

Background

In a family custody dispute, counsel for the respondent, Ms.… Read More

Heuristica Sponsors The Advocates’ Society Vancouver Gala

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor The Advocates’ Society’s 3rd Annual Vancouver Gala.

The Gala gives advocates the opportunity to join members of the British Columbia Bench and Bar for an exclusive evening of collegiality. It provides an opportunity to connect outside the courtroom with old friends, meet some new friends and help celebrate excellence in advocacy, Vancouver style.

This event is open exclusively to members, non-member lawyers, and law school and articling students.

The Gala is comprised of a cocktail reception, 3-course dinner with wine, an after-party and an unforgettable evening with your peers.

The event will be held March 13, 2024 at the Terminal City Club in downtown Vancouver.… Read More

Heuristica Sponsors Laskin Moot Court Competition

Once again Heuristica is pleased to sponsor the Laskin, Canada’s only annual national bilingual moot court competition.

The Laskin is an annual moot court competition that deals with Canadian administrative and constitutional law issues. The competition is named in memory of one of Canada’s greatest legal scholars and jurists, the late Chief Justice Bora Laskin.

The Laskin aims to provide a unique opportunity for law students, judges, law professors and practitioners from across Canada to meet and debate problems of current importance in the law. Its goals are to:

foster a better and deeper understanding of the law
support and encourage legal education and bilingualism
promote in the legal community a spirit of cooperation and understanding that transcends linguistic and provincial boundaries.

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