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(This is an excerpt of a paper authored by Joven Narwal for the 2014 Canadian Bar Association National Criminal Justice Conference held April 12, 2014)

Narwal Litigation is pleased to announce that Vancouver Personal Injury Lawyer, Cheryl D’Sa, will be hosting a web-based seminar on May 14, 2014 as part of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC’s Webinar Wednesday Series.

Vancouver Criminal Defence Lawyer, Joven Narwal, was interviewed by Ming Pao Daily News regarding increased enforcement activity by the Canadian Border Services Agency in relation to investigations of suspected Customs Act violations by those travelling to and from China.  Mr. Narwal explained the importance of retaining counsel as early as possible in the context of these investigations as convictions may carry severe penalties and have collateral consequences on immigration status and proceedings.

Narwal Litigation is proud to announce that Vancouver Personal Injury Lawyer, Cheryl D’Sa, has been asked to speak to students at the UBC Faculty of Law at Allard Hall tomorrow as part of a panel of lawyers who work in boutique firms across the province. Ms. D’Sa will discuss the many benefits of boutique firms, both for lawyers and clients as well as specifically discussing her own practice as a plaintiff personal injury lawyer. The lawyers from Narwal Litigation will then attend UBC’s annual Small & Boutique Firm Wine & Cheese Reception at the Sutton Place Hotel in downtown Vancouver tomorrow evening. The Wine & Cheese allows law students the opportunity to speak with lawyers from different firms about their practices. See http://www.law.ubc.ca/careerservices/info.html for more information. If you are a UBC student planning to attend either one of the small firm events and have questions regarding our firm, we encourage students to contact Ms. D’Sa directly at csd@jovennarwal.com.

The Canada Revenue Agency has launched a new program aimed at targeting international tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance by Canadian citizens. The Offshore Tax Informant Program (“OTIP”) is a hotline that will allow persons to provide information related to major international tax non-compliance to the CRA. If the tip leads to the collection of taxes owing, the informant will receive a reward of 5 – 15% of the tax collected.

The Firm is pleased to announce that Cheryl D’Sa will be speaking at a CIRA Medical Services Seminar entitled “Chronic Pain: A Multidisciplinary Approach”. Ms. D’Sa is the only Plaintiff Personal Injury Lawyer invited to speak at the event and will be offering insight on recent British Columbia Supreme Court cases involving psychological aspects of chronic pain.

Every major white-collar prosecution involves parallel civil, administrative and criminal proceedings. Clients facing parallel proceedings are in a difficult position because an effective defence in one proceeding may compromise their position in others. The risk is heightened where the target individual or company has not been notified, formally or informally, that a criminal investigation is taking place. These are difficult and complex problems that require the assistance of counsel who is capable of navigating through the labyrinth of issues that arise in these types of cases. Although every case is different, our Firm has identified the range of concerns and considerations when representing clients subject to possible white-collar parallel proceedings.

We are pleased to announce that Angie Murray has joined the Firm.

We are proud to congratulate the participants of the 2013 Peter Burns Trial Competition at the University British Columbia, Faculty of Law. The competition provides a select set of law  students with a unique opportunity to take part in a complex trial before a panel of Provincial Court Judges.

Narwal Litigation is pleased to announce that, Vancouver Personal Injury Lawyer, Cheryl D’Sa, has been appointed to the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch) Scholarship Task Force, whose mandate is to review entrance scholarship commitments at three of British Columbia’s law Schools – the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, and Thompson Rivers University – and explore options for generating funds to meet existing and future commitments. Ms. D’Sa is honored to accept the appointment as she believes that “increasing the availability of scholarship funding to both entering and current law students in B.C. would help not only to maintain the excellence of the bar in this province, but would also serve to increase the vitality and diversity of the bar and increase opportunities for aspiring lawyers.”