RESUME: Thomas G. Anderson

Anderson Pension Law Consulting

 1205 - 444 Lonsdale Ave.
 North Vancouver, B.C
 V7M 3H5
 Tel: (604) 987-6001
 Fax: (604) 987-1054
 tomander@telus.net

Professional Status

• Member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 1978.

Pension Consultant since 1990 (chief advisor to the B.C. Law Reform Commission and to the B.C. Government on development and implementation of legislation governing pension division on marriage breakdown).

Degrees and Educational Achievements

• B.A., University of Victoria (1974)
• LL.B., University of British Columbia (1977)
• LL.M., University of Toronto (1981)

Professional Experience

• 1997- present Principal, Anderson Pension Law Consulting
• 1990 - 1997 Commissioner, Law Reform Commission of British Columbia
• 1980 - 1990 Counsel and Director of Research, Law Reform Commission of British Columbia
• 1979 Partner, Anderson & Stone, Barristers & Solicitors (Vancouver, B.C.)
• 1978 Associate, Freeman & Company

Publications relating to Family Law and Pensions - a selected list

For the Law Reform Commission of British Columbia

• Principal author of the Report on Standing of a Common Law Spouse to Apply under the Family Compensation Act (LRC 61, 1983).
• Principal author of the Report on Breach of Promise of Marriage (LRC 64, 1983).
• Co-author of Study Paper on Family Property (1985).
• Principal author of the Report on Spousal Agreements (LRC 87, 1986).
• Principal author of the Report on the Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown (LRC 123, 1992).
• Principal author of the Study Paper on Questions and Answers about Pension Division on Marriage Breakdown: British Columbia's New Legislation (1996).

For Continuing Legal Education (B.C.):

• Co-editor and Contributing Author, Family Law Agreements Manual, 1st ed. (1987), 2nd ed. (1993). Contributing author, 2nd ed. update (1996); Editor, 3rd edition (1998-2005).
• Co-editor and Contributing Author, Family Law Practice Manual, 1st ed. (1988).
• Contributing Author, Family Law Source Book.

Other Publications:

• “Comment on Margetish v. Margetish” (2002), 28 R.F.L. (5th) 381 (B.C.S.C.)
• "Models of Registered Partnership and Their Rationale:  The British Columbia Law Institute's Proposed Domestic Partner Act", (2000) 17 Can. J.F.L. 89.
• "Comment on the Report of the British Columbia Law Institute on Recognition of Spousal and Family Status", (2001) C.J.W.L.
• Comment on Komori v. Malins, (1997) 24 R.F.L. (4^th) 39.
• Report on the Personal Relationships - Federal Statutes Database Project (May 2000) (prepared under an agreement between the Law Commission of Canada and the British Columbia Law Institute).

Lectures and Courses Given

Member of the faculty and prepared papers for the following Continuing Legal Education courses:

• Family Law Agreements (1986)
• Conveyancing: Current Issues (1988)
• Family Law Agreements (1988)
• Pensions and Tax for Family Lawyers (Dec., 1993)
• Family Law Conference - Pensions and Marriage Breakdown (July, 1995)
• Family Law - Acting For Ordinary People - Pensions and Marriage Breakdown (April, 1996)
• Charities and Not-for-profits - Conflicts of Interest (Feb., 1997)
• Family Law Conference - Pensions and Marriage Breakdown (July, 1997)
• A Family Lawyer's Guide to Pensions and RRSPs (Course chair: February, 2000)
• Family Essentials:  Practice and Procedure (June, 2000)
• Pension Division for Family Lawyers (Course chair: 2003)

Other lectures and courses given

• Frequent speaker at Canadian Bar Association Sections (e.g., Wills and Trusts Section (Vancouver); Family Law Section (Vancouver) (Victoria) (New Westminster) (Okanagan); Real Property Section (Vancouver) (Victoria); Pensions and Benefits Section; Civil Litigation Section; Legal Research Section).
• Lexium Conference on Pensions and Tax (1994).
• Annual General Meeting Community Social Services Employers Association (1994).
• Vancouver Association of Law Librarians (1994).
• Annual General Meeting British Columbia and Yukon Trade Association (1995).
• Real Estate Council (1995).
• British Columbia Association of Retirement Planners (1995).
• Canadian Pensions and Benefits Conference: Western Conference, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999; National Conference (Winnipeg), 1994; Workshop on Pensions and Marriage Breakdown - Administration Issues, February, 1998.
• Canadian Institute, "New Developments in Benefit Plans" November, 1996.
• B.C. Museums Association, "Conflicts of Interest", September, 1996.
• Trial Lawyers Association of B.C., "17 Ways to Improve Your Family Law Practice", May 22, 1998.
• Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Annual Meeting 1999 (Winnipeg):  Panelist - Open Forum on the Report of the Task Force on Pension Division on Marriage Breakdown.
• Domestic Partnerships Conference (1999, Queen's University)
• Canadian Pensions and Benefits Institute, Continuing Education Series, Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown (February, 2004)
• Canadian Bar Association - National Family Law Conference (scheduled for July, 2006) - Workshop on Pensions.
• National Judicial Institute Family Law Program (Feb, 2006) - Cross-country survey of pension law.
• Canadian Pensions and Benefits Institute, Continuing Education Series, Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown (April, 2006)
• Federation of Law Societies of Canada - Family Law Conference - Pensions (July, 2006)
• Canadian Pensions and Benefits Institute Winter Conference (scheduled for October,2006)

Delegate/Committee Participation

• Working Group Chair, Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Private International Law and Matrimonial Property.
• B.C. delegate to the Uniform Law Conference of Canada (August 1996) [presented two papers, one on uniform trustee investment legislation, the other on private international law and matrimonial property.]
• Member of the McAvity Committee (1988-89) that restructured mortgage law, developed plain language mortgage terms, and developed the technical forms and legislation to facilitate electronic land title registration.
• In 1995, I chaired a committee of judges, family lawyers, plan administrators and plan advisors to develop clauses for dividing pensions under Part 6 of the Family Relations Act, that are the basis of standard precedents for court orders and agreements generally in use in B.C. today.
  
• Director, British Columbia Law Institute (1997- present), Program Committee Chair (1997- present).
• Chair, BCLI Committee to Review Part 6 of the Family Relations Act (2005-6), reporting to the Ministry of AG May, 2006