Christine Stewart
Associate - Vancouver Offices
As associate lawyer in LK Law’s Vancouver office, Christine Stewart joined the firm in 2003. Focusing on general insurance litigation, Christine acts in the defence of claims concerning personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, fire losses and occupier’s liability. She also handles appellate cases and those involving insurance coverage and subrogation.
Christine grew up and was educated in Vancouver BC. She obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in 1991 from the University of British Columbia. In 1998 she received her Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University and was admitted to the BC Bar in May 2000.
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Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Queen’s University, 1998
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of British Columbia, 1991
Memberships and Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Vancouver Bar Association
- Canadian Defence Lawyers
- International Association of Arson Investigators
Publications
- “Polygraph Evidence in Canadian Courts”, Richard B. Lindsay, Q.C. and Christine (Barnard) Stewart, Fire and Arson Investigator: Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators Inc., Vol 54, No.3, January 2004
- “Protecting Against Defamation in fire Investigations”, Richard B. Lindsay, Q.C. and Christine (Barnard) Stewart, Fire and Arson Investigator: Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators Inc , Vol 54, No. 4, April 2004
- ”Bad Faith and the Arson Defence to Insurance Claims: A Canadian Update”, Richard B. Lindsay, Q.C. and Christine Stewart, Fire and Arson Investigator: Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators Inc, Vol 57, No. 1, July 2006
- “Expert Evidence: Preservation of Evidence and Documenting the Fire Scene”, Richard B. Lindsay, Q.C. and Christine Stewart, Fire and Arson Investigator: Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators Inc, Vol 58, No. 3, January 2008
- “The Challenge of Legally Proving the Cause and Origin of a Fire: Multiple Tortfeasors”, Richard B. Lindsay, Q.C. and Christine Stewart, Fire and Arson Investigator: Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators Inc, Vol 60, No. 2, October 2009
- Lecturer “Supreme Court Civil Rules”, for Insurance Institute of British Columbia, July 8, 2010
Notable Experience
- Danicek v. Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang, 2010 BCSC 1111. This was a mild traumatic brain injury case involving significant claims of loss of future earnings.
