Do's and Don'ts For Private Investigators

The CPIO is proud to announce that Brian Wasyliw will be hosting a webinar entitled: Do's and Don'ts For Private Investigators and Lawyers.

Please join us for a live webinar entitled "Do's and Don'ts for Lawyers and Private Investigators".  Labour and Employment lawyers, Brian Wasyliw will review case studies and discuss best practices to help investigators and instructing lawyers stay within the lines and avoid legal pitfalls arising from private investigations. Topics will include:

• Duty of care of private investigators
• Managing client expectations and preserving privilege
• Avoiding unlawful investigative conduct and maintaining credibility
• Privacy considerations
• Evidence collection dos and don’ts
• Preparing an investigation report for use in a legal proceeding

Brian is an experienced and accomplished employment and labour lawyer with a background in commercial litigation.  He has extensive courtroom experience, having appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and before many administrative tribunals.  He sits on the board of directors of the Council of Professional Investigators of Ontario, and the Yves Landry Foundation.

Brian’s expertise includes the full range of employment and labour law with particular focus on human rights and accommodation, employment contracts, wrongful and constructive dismissal, workplace investigations, grievance arbitration, as well as employment and labour issues in corporate restructuring and transactions. He is published on a variety of labour and employment issues.

Brian is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association (Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, CCCA Ontario Chapter/Corporate Counsel, Labour & Employment Law, Privacy and Access to Information Law, Workers' Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Liberties & Human Rights), Advocates’ Society, and International Municipal Lawyers Association.