Professional Development.
Continuing Education.
Multi-disciplinary, interactive educational programming delivered in Beautiful British Columbia.
Collaboration.
Consultation.
Informed Debate.
Pacific Business & Law Institute offers cutting-edge, interdisciplinary forums. Based in Vancouver, we are a close-knit team of lawyers and professionals who have been committed to researching pressing issues, trends and legal and social policy developments for over 30 years. We are dedicated to making a positive difference in our community and believe that the best ideas result from collaboration, consultation and informed debate.
Upcoming Programs
Tax and Succession Planning for the Family Business
November 27 & 28, 2024 - Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar
With family businesses comprising the majority of enterprises across Canada, navigating effective tax and succession planning has never been more critical. As demographic shifts continue to shape our economy, it's imperative for owners and families to prepare for the complexities ahead. Legal and financial landscapes are evolving, presenting both challenges and opportunities that demand informed strategies.
Our comprehensive program focuses on the intricate aspects of safeguarding and transferring family businesses. Led by expert faculty, you will gain practical insights and proven strategies to navigate unstable markets, impending successions, tax implications, and nuanced family dynamics.
Don't miss this opportunity to equip yourself with the latest planning techniques and structures designed to preserve wealth and protect family interests effectively. Join us to advance your practice and ensure the long-term success of your family business in a dynamic environment.
Ethics and Well-Being Forum 2024
December 13, 2024 (8:00AM - 10:00AM PST) - Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar
This forum brings together an expert faculty to discuss some of the ethical issues and challenges faced by lawyers today, as well as the ways that stress and mental health issues can impact the practice of law. You will hear from benchers of the Law Society of British Columbia and representatives of the Lawyers’ Assistance Program about the resources available to support you in your practice. The session will leave you better equipped to care for your own well-being and to find balance in your professional life, and in turn, better prepared to ethically, competently and effectively serve your clients.
Estate Administration 2025
January 29, 2025 - Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar
The administration of wills and estates is an increasingly complex area of law, and disputes can be time consuming and emotionally and financially draining for all involved. In these uncertain times, the issues can be complicated and amplified. To best serve and protect your clients’ wishes, it is imperative that all those involved in estate planning and administration stay current on the most troubling issues facing administrators today, and how best to navigate them.
This program assembles a faculty of leading experts in the field who will examine some of the most challenging issues arising in estate administration today, and provide you with techniques to effectively avoid these problems where possible, as well as best practices and advice to address the issues if and when they do arise.
Indigenous Membership and Identity
January 30, 2025 - Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar
The ways of belonging and recognition of rights arise in every Indigenous community. Membership, citizenship, status, whether someone is a beneficiary and entitled to services are all important issues.
We will explore the ways of belonging to an Indigenous community. We will also review issues regarding entitlement and funding.
It is important to determine who is a member or citizen and entitled to vote in a community. We will review concerns in drafting membership codes and election codes.
We will look at the recent Dickson decision from the Supreme Court of Canada and how it may affect your community.
We will also review fraudulent claims to Indigenous identity and what can be done in those circumstances.
Come and learn.
Come and ask your questions to our experts.
Honouring Treaties: Respect, Nation to Nation Relationships and Revenue Sharing
February 4 & 5, 2025 - National Arts Centre in Ottawa, ON
Mutual respect, maintaining relationships and an honourable approach to sharing resources are the basics for any successful ongoing partnership.
At this conference we will look at Treaties between Indigenous people and the Crown as sharing relationships, and consider the role of the Honour of the Crown in honouring those relationships.
This two day program will explore the issues around the recent Restoule decision from the Supreme Court of Canada.
How do we interpret and implement the Honour of the Crown in Canada? What does it really mean?
What are the obligations on the Crown to understand and respect the Indigenous perspective on Treaties?
How should Indigenous laws be applied in the negotiation and implementation of treaties?
What does diligent implementation mean in the treaty context? What are the guiding principles?
What do mutually beneficial and respectful sharing relationships look like in the Treaty context?
How has the duty to implement treaties in an honourable way been enforced?
What is Canada's record in honouring treaties?
What is the role of the courts and what are the remedies when one of the parties fails to honour the relationship?
We will look at historic treaties as well as the modern treaties that are being negotiated and implemented at the present time. We will hear about the recent Haida Nation and British Columbia Model - a new way of negotiating Aboriginal Title in Canada.
Come and learn.
Join us as we both consider lessons from the past and forge a new way forward.
Essential Tasks of Pension and Benefit Plan Trustees
February 19, 2025 - Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar
As a trustee, it is essential that you understand your legal duties, what to watch out for, and how to limit your exposure to liability. To this end, this conference assembles leading experts to educate you on your legal duties as a trustee and how to protect yourself, to update you on recent changes in the law, and to provide you with best practices and practical advice to assist you in creating successful and sustainable plans.
Whether you are newly appointed or a more experienced trustee, this conference is designed to equip you with the tools required to successfully fulfill your duties and to assist in creating and maintaining successful and sustainable plans.
Inspiring and Uniting Our Audiences Through Shared Understanding
“PBLI’s aboriginal law programs are a vital part of my own continuing legal education. Their programs are current, informative and lively. These sessions bring together lawyers, academics, First Nation leaders, government policy and decision makers by putting the law in the larger context of what is happening on the ground and in the halls of government.”
- Robert J. M. Janes, Principal, JFK Law Corporation
Rebroadcasts
Use the topic areas below to browse PBLI’s library of on-demand rebroadcasts and material sets from past programs.
Contact
Pacific Business & Law Institute
Unit 2 - 2246 Spruce Street
Vancouver, BC
V6H 2P3
Email
admin@pbli.com
Phone
Tel: (604) 730-2500