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Deidre J Herbert
- Lawyer
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Areas Of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Adult Guardianship
- Elder Law
- Probate
- Wills, Estate and Trust Litigation
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, 1990
Education
- University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Bachelor of Law - 1989
- Chase Secondary School
- 1982
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Bachelor of Commerce - 1989
Published Works
- “Update on the Patients Property Act”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Incapacity, 1993
- "Wills Interpretation", Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, Estate Litigation: Attacking the Will, 1998
- “Patients Property Act Update”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Incapacity, 1997
- Annual Review of Law & Practice, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Chapter on “Wills, Trusts & Estates”, 1998
- “Infant Issues in Estate Litigation”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Litigation, 1999
- “Mediation in Estate Disputes”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Litigation, 2001
- “On Liberty for the Old”, Canadian Journal on Aging (contributing co-author), Vol. XXI, No. 2, Summer , 2002
- Vancouver, BC, Legal Issues and Capability Assessments, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1999
- “Persons Under a Disability in Estate Litigation”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, , Estate Litigation, 2003
- “Patients Property Act Update”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Elder Law, 2004
- “Thorny Issues Regarding Committeeships”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Litigation, 2005
- “Patients Property Act”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Elder Law, 2009
- "Íntestacy”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, The New Wills, Estates & Succession Act, 2010
- “Patients Property Act Update”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Incapacity Planning: The New Law, 2011
- “Contested Committeeship Applications”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Litigation Update, 2011
- “Planning for Incapacity”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, British Columbia Estate Planning & Wealth Preservation, Chapter 13
- Patients Property Act, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Annotated Estates Practice, 2005
Classes/Seminars
- Peoples Law School (wills, probate, estate planning, trusts, incapacity, adult guardianship)
- Professional Legal Training Course (wills)
- Continuing Legal Education (incapacity, estate litigation, adult guardianship, elder law)
- Canadian Bar Association, various subsections (estate litigation, adult guardianship)
- Estate Planning Council, Kamloops (Representation Agreements)
- VGH Geriatric Psychiatry Outreach (incapacity and elder abuse)
- VGH, Autonomy vs. Enforced Care
- Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (incapacity)
- Retirement Planning Institute (estate planning)
- Trial Lawyers Association of BC (estate litigation)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver Wills & Trust Subsection, Past Chair; Member Elder Law Subsection
- British Columbia Law Institute, Succession Law Reform Project committee member
- Trial Lawyers Association of B.C., Member
Past Employment Positions
- Macaulay McColl, Barristers & Solicitors, Lawyer, 1990 to 1992