Practice Before the Registrar

This publication is essential for: civil litigators and any lawyer who appears before the registrar on reviews of a legal bill, costs assessment, or bankruptcy matters, or to pass accounts as an executor or administrator.

Current to: August 1, 2010  

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Practice Before the Registrar is the authoritative guide to conducting hearings before the registrar in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Court of Appeal for BC. The manual covers all procedural and substantive issues.

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Highlights of the 2010 update

• citations to the Supreme Court Civil Rules and Family Rules that came into effect on July 1, 2010, and to further amendments to the Civil and Family Rules made under B.C. Reg. 241/2010, effective July 30, 2010
• references to forms, practice directions, and administrative notices relevant to the Civil and Family Rules
• new commentary on evidence, records of hearings, orders for costs, assessments without appointments or hearings, offers to settle costs, affidavits proving claimed costs, telephone assessments, tariff items, expert evidence and disbursements, agent fees, Fast Track costs, computer-assisted research, proof of retainer, examination of agreements, hearing preparation, principles of review, evidence in family law references, pre-hearing conferences for passing accounts, costs awards in the Court of Appeal, appeal books and transcripts, bankruptcy discharges, and  procedures for setting bankruptcy hearings
• updated precedents, statute and case tables, references, and index

CLEBC Legal Editor
David P. Owen
dowen@cle.bc.ca

1.   General Advice

2.   Assessments

3.   Legal Profession Act Reviews

4.   Family Law References

5.   The Subpoena to Debtor

6.   Court Order Enforcement Act Applications

7.   Passing Accounts

8.   Settling Orders

9.   Practice Before the Court of Appeal Registrar

10.   Reviews of Assessments and Appeals of Reviews

11.   Bankruptcy Matters

Features

• a complete set of forms and precedents
• regular updates
• tables of cases, statutes, and references
• comprehensive index
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board 
Murray B. Blok — District Registrar, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Master Carolyn P. Bouck — Supreme Court of BC, Victoria
Greg T. Palm — Palm & Company Legal Counsel, Surrey

Authors
Master Carolyn P. Bouck — Supreme Court of BC, Victoria
John C. Fiddick — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer L. Jordan — Registrar, Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver
Greg T. Palm — Palm & Company Legal Counsel, Surrey
Kathryn S. Sainty — Registrar, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Katherine M. Wellburn — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver