CONTENTS
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1. Civil Jury Procedure
2. Opening Comments to the Jury Panel
3. Abbreviated Instructions
4. Introductory Instructions and Instructions on the Evidence Following the Submissions of Counsel
A. Introductory instructions
B. Instructions usually given in every trial
C. Evaluation of the evidence
D. Evidence introduced without a witness
E. Expert evidence
F. Miscellaneous
5. Negligence—Common Law
6. Vicarious Liability
7. False Imprisonment
8. Defences
9. Medical Negligence
A. Medical negligence
B. Hospitals
C. Defences—doctors and hospitals
10. Occupier's Liability
A. Liability
B. Defences
11. Wrongful Dismissal
11A. Defamation
11B. Sexual Assault
12. Damages—Personal Injury
A. Introduction
B. Non-pecuniary damages
C. Pecuniary damages
D. Miscellaneous
13. Damages—Fatal Accidents
A. General
B. Wills, Estates and Succession Act
C. Family Compensation Act
14. Closing Remarks to Jury
15. Post-Charge Instructions
Appendices
A. Checklist of Procedure in a Civil Jury Trial
B. Checklist of Instructions Usually Delivered in Civil Jury Trials
C. Sample Forms of Questions for the Jury
D. Pre-charge Hearing—Motions to Deliver or Modify Instructions
E. Present Value Table
Case Table
Statute Table
References
Index
Features
- user’s guide
- appendices including checklists, precedents, and present value table
- tables of cases, statutes, and references
- comprehensive index
Editorial Board
Jan Fishman — Jan A. Fishman Law Corporation, Vancouver
Rose A. Keith — Rose Keith Law Corporation, Vancouver
Grant Ritchey — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
Michael J. Slater, QC — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
Authors
The Honourable Mr. Justice Keith J. Bracken — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Victoria
The Honourable Mr. Justice J. Christopher Grauer — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Lisa Alice Warren — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver