The Davies Commission

Inquiry into the Death of Frank Paul
William H. Davies, Q.C., Commissioner

Evidentiary Hearings

Hearing Information

The Frank Paul Inquiry resumes on April 28, and is scheduled to run until May 16. The dates of April 28-May 8 will be Phase Four hearings on policy and procedure issues. Then the hearings will move to closing arguments by counsel (May 9-16).

The hearings from April 28 to May 9 (the first day of closing submissions) will be held at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, located on the 12th floor of 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC. (VIEW MAP)

The hearings from May 12-16 will be held in Courtroom 101 at Vancouver Provincial Court, Robson Square Complex, located at 800 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC. (VIEW MAP)

Hearing hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

To read more about the policy hearings, and how you can provide input to the Frank Paul Inquiry, please read this document.

At this stage no further hearings are scheduled after May 16.

Policy Sessions

All matters start at 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

Venues: All of Phase Four and the first day of closing submissions are at the BC Human Rights Tribunal. We then move to the Robson Square Provincial Court for the remainder of closing submissions. The dates and venues are as follows:

April 28-May 9: BC Human Rights Tribunal, 12th floor, 605 Robson Street

May 12-16: Courtroom 101, Robson Square Provincial Court, 800 Hornby Street

Upcoming Phase Four Presentations

Closing Submissions

We have changed our start time to 2pm on Monday, May 12, at Robson Square Provincial Court, #101. Below is a revised schedule for next week as I obtain estimates for submissions. It will be posted on the commission website soon.Also, I am happy to share my notes taken during closing submissions if anyone wants them -- for today and through next week.

(counsel's time estimates in parentheses)

Monday, May 12 - note 2pm start

Cameron Ward (2 hours)

Tuesday, May 13

Terrence Robertson, QC (15 minutes)
Jonathan Rudin / Kimberly Murray (2 hours)
Joseph Arvay, QC (approx. 2 hours) [may move]

Wednesday, May 14

Rodrick MacKenzie (1 hour)
Michael Tammen (1.5 hours)
David Crossin, QC (1 hour)

Thursday, May 15

George Macintosh, QC / Sean Hern (3 hours)
Frank Falzon, QC (1.5 hours)

Friday, May 16

Kevin Woodall (2 hours)

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