Publications & Seminars

John H. Shevchuk

• Alberta Assessors Association - 48th Annual Conference
  Presenter: Hotel/Motel Valuation Guide
   
• Alberta Municipal Government Board
  Presenter: Valuation of Special Purpose Properties
   
• Appraisal Institute of Canada: Dawson Creek
  Instructor: Expert Witness Seminar for Appraisers
   
• Appraisal Institute of Canada: Educational Seminar
  Lecturer: Aboriginal Lands Real Property Assessment and Taxation
   
• Appraisal Institute of Canada: Lower Mainland
  Instructor: Expert Witness Seminar for Appraisers
   
• Appraisal Institute of Canada: National Conference
  Presenter: Special Purpose Properties: A Legal Perspective
   
• Association of Canadian Assessors' Counsel: Inaugural Conference
  Organizer
  Presenter: Assessment Regimes in Canada
   
• Association of Canadian Assessors' Counsel Conference
  Organizer
  Moderator: Aspects of Depreciation
  Presenter: Solicitor-Client Privilege in a Government Context
   
• Association of Canadian Assessors' Counsel Conference
  Organizer
  Moderator: Valuation and Classification Issues
  Presenter: Legal Ethics and Advising Assessment Authorities
   
• British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute
  Instructor: Rendering Arbitral Awards
   
• British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute
  Instructor: Law of Evidence
   
• British Columbia Expropriation Association Annual Seminar
  Presenter: Highest and Best Use - A Legal Perspective
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association: National Valuation/Legal Symposium
  Presenter: British Columbia Legal Update
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association: National Workshop
  Presenter: Cross Canada Law Panel Speaker
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association: National Workshop
  Presenter: Unencumbered Fee Simple Assessment
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association: Valuation Seminar
  Presenter: Valuing Restricted Properties
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Discovery Practice in British Columbia
  Discovery Practice Panel
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Judicial Review
  Course Organizer
  Presenter
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Judicial Review and Administrative Law
  Co-chair
  Presenter
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Real Property Assessment
  Organizer
  Presenter: Local Government Issues
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Real Property Assessment
  Organizer
  Presenter: Stated Cases: Procedural and Substantive Issues
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Real Property Assessment Manual
  Contributor:
  Practice and Procedure Before the Property Assessment Appeal Board
  Assessable Property
  Classification
  Exemption
  Valuation
  Editorial Board (2008 - 2011)
   
• International Association of Assessment Officers
  Presenter: 30th Annual Legal Seminar
  Obstacles in Ad Valorem Assessment of Going Concern Properties
   
• International Property Tax Institute: Valuation Symposium
  Presenter: Inextricably Intertwined Assets
   
• International Property Tax Institute: Mass Appraisal Symposium
  Presenter: Confidentiality and Privilege in Assessment
   
• Lorman Education Services: Property Assessment in British Columbia
  Presenter
   
• Province of Alberta - Municipal Affairs
  Co-Author: Commercial Properties Valuation Guide
   
• Province of Alberta - Municipal Affairs
  Co-Author: Hotel/Motel Valuation Guide
   
• Client Seminar Series: Construction Tendering Law
   
• Construction Tendering Law Post-Tercon
   
• Professional Responsibility for Engineers
   
• Expert Witness/Advocate Training in Real Property Assessment
   

John A. McLachlan

• Association of Canadian Assessors' Counsel - National Conference, National Legal Update - Panel Member
   
• Association of Canadian Assessors' Counsel - National Conference, Valuation Seminar - Panel Member
   
• Continuing Legal Education: Real Property Assessment Manual Contributor: Chapter 5 - Property Classification
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association, British Columbia Chapter - Industrial Property Tax Seminar - Panel Member
   
• Canadian Property Tax Association, British Columbia Chapter - Legal Panel - Presenter
   
• Tendering Basics
   
• Tendering Law
   

C. Byron Yep

• Dispute Resolution in Construction Contracts
   
• Due Diligence in Environmental Law
   
• Environmental Spill Reporting
   
• Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses
   

John McLachlan and John Shevchuk

• Builders Liens: Holdback and Payment Certifier Issues