Practice Before the Registrar

Know what to expect and what's expected of you

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

Current to: September 1, 2015

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.

Subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text case law and legislation, forms and precedents on CD-ROM, and regular updates.

Highlights of the 2015 update

• pre-hearing conferences for family law references
• registrars’ reasons and certificates in family law references
• detailed information, procedures, and documentation required to pass accounts under new probate rules, including remuneration of personal representative
• changes to BCCA registrar jurisdiction as to costs
• new discussion of standards of review on reviews and appeals from registrars
• changes to bankruptcy proceedings before the registrar, including new and revised forms
• “Professionalism and Remuneration” chapter updated to reflect BC Code and Supreme Court Civil Rules
• case law
  • interest incurred on disbursement not recoverable (BCCA)
  • objective basis for assessment of special costs (BCCA)
  • suggestion that registrars may settle judicial case conference consent orders (BCSC)
    
    
    

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CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn
joyt@cle.bc.ca