Research and Publications

Presentations and Conferences

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Citations

Brown, C.L. (2014) "The Self-Employed & Fatality Cases: Quantum Aspects Discussed by an Economist" Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association (ACTLA) conference DAMAGES: The Devil is in the Details Calgary, AB October 2014

Brown, C.L. (2014) "The Self-Employed & Fatality Cases: Quantum Aspects Discussed by an Economist" Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association (ACTLA) conference DAMAGES: The Devil is in the Details Edmonton, AB October 2014

Brown, C.L. (2014) "Forensic Economics – what does an economist offer in civil litigation cases?" Canadian Bar Association • New Brunswick's mid-winter meeting Moncton, New Brunswick, February 2014

Brown, C.L. (2013) "Children and the Self-employed: Quantum Complications discussed by an Economist" Canadian Bar Association • New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 2013

Brown, C.L. (2013) "Once the Cannon booms — Strategy considerations in advancing and defending fatal injury claims" Canadian Bar Association • Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2013

Brown, C.L. (2013) "Housekeeping rates, start dates and life expectancy: a mixed bag of items" Private Practice Medical-Legal Occupational Therapy Group (Alberta) Calgary, Alberta, May 2013

Brown, C.L. (2012) "Discussing Quantum Evidence: an economist gives her view" Western Medical Malpractice • Plaintiff Lawyers' Conference Regina, Saskatchewan, September 2012

Brown, C.L. (2012) "Discussing Quantum Evidence: an economist gives her view" Canadian Bar Association • New Brunswick Moncton, New Brunswick, June 2012

Brown, C.L. (2012) "Calculating Damages for Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Losses in Personal Injury, Fatality Cases, Wrongful Dismissal and other Economic Losses" Newfoundland & Labrador's Continuing Legal Education seminar entitled ASSESSING DAMAGES: HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH? St. John's, NFLD, March 2012

Brown, C.L. (2010) "Surveying the Possibilities: Using Stat Can Disability Surveys to Bolster the Future Loss of Income Claim" Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association's legal education conference entitled ADVANCED DAMAGES: QUARTERBACKING YOUR CLAIM FOR ECONOMIC LOSS Halifax, NS, November 2010

Brown, C.L. (2010) "Scouting Report: Predicting Future Employment Outcomes for Children" Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association's legal education conference entitled ADVANCED DAMAGES: QUARTERBACKING YOUR CLAIM FOR ECONOMIC LOSS Halifax, NS, November 2010

Brown, C.L. (2010) "Tax Gross-ups on Subrogated Claims" Canadian Institute's 9th Annual Advanced Forum on Insurance Coverage Disputes held in Toronto, ON, June 2010

Brown, C.L. (2010) "Overcoming Evidentiary Thresholds to Establish Economic Loss" Canadian Institute's 9th National Summit on Institutional Liability for Sexual Assault & Abuse held in Toronto, ON, April 2010

Brown, C.L. (2010) "Nothing but Net!" Canadian Defence Lawyers' Boot Camp II Halifax: Trade Secrets held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 2010

Brown, C.L. (2008) "Special Damages - Calculation of Losses" Stewart McKelvey's Annual Insurance Seminar 2008 held in Halifax, NS October 2008

Brown, C.L. (2008) "Identifying, proving and quantifying damages: How to improve your strategies and methodologies" Canadian Institute's 8th National Summit on Institutional Liability for Sexual Assault, Abuse and Harassment held in Toronto, ON April 2008

Brown, C.L. (2008) "Loss of Insurability" Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia: Insights and Strategies for Successfully Pursuing Damages held in Vancouver, BC, February 2008

Brown, C.L. (2008) "Past & Future Income Calculation on Demand Online" Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia: Insights and Strategies for Successfully Pursuing Damages held in Vancouver, BC Feb. 2008

Brown, C.L. (2008) "Determining how much the case is worth: Tips on calculating damages" Canadian Institute: Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation held in Calgary, AB, January 2008

Brown, C.L. (2007) "Assessing Disability Losses: Using Canada's HALS and PALS Databases to Estimate Wage Deficits" Western Economic Association International (WEAI) 82nd Annual Conference held in Seattle, Washington, June-July 2007 [presenter]

Brown, C.L. (2007) "Valuation of Household Services" Western Economic Association International (WEAI) 82nd Annual Conference held in Seattle, Washington, June-July 2007 [discussant]

Brown, C.L. (2007) "Expert economic witnesses in civil litigation: Quantum experiments?" ACTLA Expert Witness seminar held in Edmonton, AB March 2007

Brown, C.L. (2006) "Economic damages trends in injury cases" INFONEX Critical Issues in Insurance Litigation held in Toronto, ON June 2006

Brown, C.L. (2006) "What You Can Do to Reduce Discrepancy in Expert Opinion and Gain Strategic Advantage in Your Case" Canadian Institute: Litigating Personal Injury Damages held in Toronto, ON February 2006

Brown, C.L. (2005) "Computing the damages: how much will this case cost you?" Canadian Institute: Auto Insurance Claims Litigation held in Calgary AB, September 2005

Brown, C.L. (2005) "Economic Expert Witnesses: Topics & Tools in Economic Damages" PEI Law Society held in Stanley Bridge PEI, June 2005

Brown, C.L (2005) "Damages in sexual assault cases" CBA - National Civil Litigation CLE Conference held in Toronto ON, April 2005

Brown, C.L (2005) "Loss of insurability - it's a new kind of damage" CBA - National Civil Litigation CLE Conference held in Toronto ON, April 2005

Brown, C.L. (2004) "Fire proofing economic assumptions, cross-examining your quantum expert, and new developments under Alberta's Bill 53 and in fatality claims" Canadian Institute: Auto Insurance Claims Litigation held in Calgary AB, October 2004

Brown, C.L. (2004) "Bill 53 & the Realities of Net not Gross Income" LESA held in Calgary and Edmonton AB, September 2004

Brown, C.L. (2003) "Advances in Calculating Damages and Trends in Economic Losses (New Trends and Developments in Calculating Damages for Personal Injury and Other Economic Losses)" PEI Law Society held in Stanley Bridge PEI, June 2003

Brown, C.L. (2003) "New Trends and Developments in Calculating Damages for Personal Injury and Other Economic Losses" Newfoundland Law Society & CLE held in St. John's NFLD, May 2003

Brown, C.L. (2003) "New Trends and Developments in Calculating Damages for Personal Injury and Other Economic Losses"; "Damages Calculation Tools"; and "Trends and Unusual Claims", APTLA - Developing Damages Trends held in Moncton NB, May 2003

Brown, C.L. (2003) "Presenting Economic Evidence", STLA- Mastering Trials held in Saskatoon SK, April 2003

Brown, C.L. (2003) "Unusual Economic Claims", CBA Alberta Law Conference held in Edmonton AB, March 2003

Brown, C.L. (2002) "Establishing Quantum of Economic Loss", Canadian Institute - Auto Insurance Claims Litigation held in Calgary AB, December 2002

Brown, C.L. (2002) "Valuable Services - East Coast Trends"; "Use & Abuse of Economic Data to Support Economic Capacity Loss", APTLA - Soft Tissue Under Siege held in St. John's NFLD, June 2002

Brown, C.L. (2001) "Sexual Assault and Effect on Income; "Estimating the Impact of Disability on Employment (HALS)"; "The Female-Male Earnings Gap: Starting Salary Offers for College Graduates" (discussant); "Roundtable on American/Canadian Forensic Practice (panelist)", NAFE - Western Economic Association International - 76th Annual Conference held in San Francisco CA, July 2001

Brown, C.L. (2001) "Calculating Damages in Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Claims" Newfoundland Law Society & CLE held in St. John's NFLD, May 2001

Brown, C.L. (2001) "Loss of Earning Capacity: When to Claim It and When Do You Need an Expert to Prove It? (HALS)", Canadian Bar Association (Southern Alberta Branch), Personal Injury Sub-Section held in Calgary AB, January 2001

Brown, C.L. (2000) "The Impact of Brain Injury on Education, Training, and Employment Using Statistics Canada's HALS Data", Canadian Coalition & Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference - National Conference on Brain Injury held in Vancouver BC, November 2000

Brown, C.L. (2000) "Worklife Expectancy Applications and Forensic Economic Loss Analyses (panelist); "Roundtable on American/Canadian Forensic Practice (panelist)", NAFE - Western Economic Association International - 75th Annual Conference held in Vancouver BC, July 2000

Brown, C.L. (2000) Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) "The Application of Male Earnings Data to Injured Female Plaintiff)" held in Lake Louise AB, June 2000

Brown, C.L. (1999) "Housekeeping and 'Duncan' Claims", Canadian Bar Association (Northern Alberta Branch), Insurance Sub-Section held in Edmonton AB, December 1999

Brown, C.L. (1999) "Rehabilitation, Wage Loss and Future Care Costs", Lexpert - Difficult Spinal Cord & Nerve Damage Injury Claims held in Calgary AB, October 1999

Brown, C.L. (1999) "Loss of Income and Dependency Claims"; "Pension Loss Entitlements", Lexpert - How Much Is It Worth? State of the Art Personal Injury Damages held in Halifax NS, September 1999

Brown, C.L. (1999) "Loss of Income and Dependency Claims"; "Pension Loss Entitlements", Lexpert - How Much Is It Worth? State of the Art Personal Injury Damages held in Calgary AB, April 1999

Brown, C.L. (1999) "Loss of Housekeeping Capacity - An Economist's View"; "Personal Injury" (panelist), CBA Alberta Mid-winter Conference held in Edmonton AB, January 1999

Brown, C.L. (1998) "Present Value of Loss of Income & Future Cost of Care with an Emphasis on Contingencies", Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association (ACTLA) - "Damages: Building & Proving Your Case" held in Calgary and Edmonton AB, October 1998

Brown, C.L. (1998) "Dicey Future Income Loss Claims: Part 2. Income Losses for the Self-Employed"; Lexpert - "Impeaching Credibility in High-Risk Personal Injury Claims" held in Calgary AB, October 1998

Brown, C.L. (1997) "Implications to an Economist of the Alberta Court of Appeal decision in Duncan v. Baddeley" (debate paper authored by Don McGarvey), Canadian Bar Association (Northern Alberta Branch), Insurance Sub-Section held in Edmonton AB, October 1997

Brown, C.L. (1997) "Expert Witnesses in Civil Litigation", Alberta Government Civil Lawyers Association - Fall Conference held in Banff AB, September 1997

Brown, C.L. (1997) "Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of Marriage Breakdown"; "Maintenance Issues: Child & Spousal Support" (panelist), Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia - Family Law Conference II held in Vancouver BC, July 1997

Brown, C.L. (1997) "Estimation of Damages in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Housekeeping Claims"; Lexpert - "Personal Injury Claim Damages" held in Calgary AB, June 1997

Brown, C.L. (1996) "Loss of housekeeping capacity"; "1991 HALS", Canadian Bar Association (Southern Alberta Branch), Personal Injury Sub-Section held in Calgary AB, May 1996

Brown, C.L. (1996) "Loss of housekeeping capacity", Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association (ACTLA) - "Damages: Building & Proving Your Case" held in Lethbridge AB, March 1996

Brown, C.L. (1996) "Loss of housekeeping capacity", Alberta Association of Insurance Adjusters (Northern Chapter) held in Edmonton AB, February 1996

Brown, C.L. (1996) "Pension benefits" Calgary District Labour Council held in Calgary AB, February 1996

Brown, C.L. (1996) "Calculation of Damages"; The Canadian Institute - "Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Damages" held in Calgary AB, January 1996

Brown, C.L., A. Grand and J. Saunders (1996) "Child Personal Injury Claims"; The Canadian Institute - "Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Damages" held in Calgary AB, January 1996

Brown, C.L. (1994) "Future Income Loss: Career Women, Homemakers, Children, Lost Years & Ethnic Based Claims" The Canadian Institute - "Serious Money Personal Injury Claims: Yesterday's Rules No Longer Apply" held in Calgary AB, September 1994

Brown, C.L. (1993) "Spousal Maintenance Claims Valuation" Canadian Bar Association - Family Law Subsection held in Vancouver BC, May 1993

Brown, C.L. (1993) "Spousal Maintenance Claims Valuation" Canadian Bar Association - Family Law Subsection held in Kelowna BC, April 1993

Brown, C.L. (1993) "Spousal Maintenance Claims Valuation" Law Society of Saskatchewan Continuing Legal Education - Family Law Seminars held in Saskatoon and Regina SK, March 1993

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