IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Wild fires and natural disasters - a case for liability?
Wednesday 5 November (1115 - 1230)
Committee(s)
Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee
(Lead)
North American Regional Forum
Description
Wild fires and natural disasters- force majeure no more, but a case for liability? As the climate crisis worsens, natural disasters are no longer unforeseeable acts of god, but consequences of the states’ failure to effectively combat climate change. What are the remedies that our legal systems hold for the victims?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Ignacio Mujica | VGC Abogados, Santiago, Chile; Webinar Officer, Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee |
Speakers
| Dominique Hogan-Doran SC | Australian Bar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee |
| Selina Lee-Andersen | McCarthy Tetrault, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Bill Snow | Stoney Nakoda Nation, Morley, Alberta, Canada |
| Vanisha Sukdeo | Osgoode Hall Law School, North York, Ontario, Canada |