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This annual PIBC Legal Update will explore riparian area regulations, environmental “do’s & don’ts” and how to read and interpret a survey plan. Join Olga Rivkin from Lidstone & Company for an informative, “user-friendly” and entertaining session on a variety of legal issues and case studies relating to water (rivers, streams, waterfront property, flooding, damage, liability).

Brent Taylor, Surveyor with Polaris Land Surveying Inc., and Jeff Beddoes, (CLS retired) will also guide us through the complicated process of reading and interpreting a survey plan. Brent has a long history with legal survey plans, natural boundaries and public education and is often engaged as an expert witness in various litigation matters, many of which involve natural boundaries.  Jeff has been involved in countless files regarding natural boundaries and has emerged as one of the most knowledgeable land surveyors in the province when it comes to natural boundaries.
 

Our Speakers

Olga Rivkin, Associate Lawyer
Lidstone & Company

Olga is an experienced solicitor, attentive to client needs, nuanced and detailed in her approach. She advises local governments and other public entities on a variety of topics, including land development, subdivision, real estate, highways, remediation, water, infrastructure, and general day to day operations. Olga has represented local governments in numerous negotiations, drafted a variety of agreements and assisted with project management. In all matters, Olga endeavors to provide practical advice and make complex matters clear and simple. She publishes and presents extensively on issues of importance to local governments.
 

Brent Taylor, BCLS, CLS
Polaris Land Surveying Inc.

Brent received his commission as a BCLS about 35 years ago and has worked in the private sector since in a variety of capacities. He continues to complete field surveys and prepare plans for filing in the Land Title Register and the Crown Land Registry.  He has had various contracts with the Land Title and Survey Authority to provide guidance in the conversion to electronic plans as well as the development of ParcelMap BC.  He also contracts to the Association of BC Land Surveyors from time to time to develop and facilitate various workshops for their continuing professional development program.  He is often engaged as an expert witness in various litigation matters, many of which involve natural boundaries.
 

Jeff Beddoes, BCLS non practicing, CLS retired

Jeff articled in Smithers, British Columbia and received has BC land surveyors commission in 1985.  In 1995 he obtained his Canada Lands Surveyor commission. From 1986-1992 he owned and operated a small practice in Fernie, BC.  In 1992 he joined the Surveyor General Branch of what was then the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management in the position of Senior Land Surveyor.  In 2003 he became the Deputy Surveyor General for the Province.  The Surveyor General Branch and the Land Titles Branch formed the Land Title & Survey Authority in 2005.  Jeff was appointed Senior Deputy Surveyor General in 2006 and held this position in the LTSA until his pseudo retirement in 2018.  He has contributed to a number of Association committees over the years, was elected to the Board of Management in 2001 and served as Association President in 2005.
 

THIS WEBINAR IS PROUDLY PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BC LAND SURVEYORS.  

(The views presented by the speakers are not intended to represent official ABCLS policy)