Law and Accounting

Two Presentations:

Jim Goodfellow, Retired Partner & Vice Chair, Deloitte

Exploring how politics, case law and experiences have shaped independent auditing in Canada

Policy and regulatory developments in various countries differ more than is explicable by economic and political differences. This is largely because these developments are heavily influenced by practical experience in the particular country.

Jim Baillie, Retired Partner, Torys

Exploring how politics, case law and experiences have shaped securities regulation and disclosure

Policy and regulatory developments in various countries differ more than is explicable by economic and political differences. This is largely because these developments are heavily influenced by practical experience in the particular country – their life is not logic, it is experience (misquoting Justice Holmes in the US Supreme Court).