Practice Before the Registrar

Know what to expect at your registrar’s hearing 

This publication is essential for: anyone requiring guidance for appearing before a master or registrar in BC.

Current to: September 1, 2017

Faced with a hearing before a Supreme Court or Court of Appeal registrar and don’t know what to do?  Turn to Practice Before the Registrar for guidance from the Registrars themselves and from experienced practitioners. Learn when and why to seek a hearing, the procedure to get your hearing, what happens at the hearing, and steps to take after the hearing. With clear discussions of the law and procedure and 80 sample forms, this resource will help you smoothly navigate the many types of hearings before the registrar, from costs assessments, family law references, bankruptcy matters, and settling orders to reviews and appeals.

With this resource, you will be able to:

• understand when to go before a registrar in your client’s case
  
  
• efficiently prepare for a registrar’s hearing
  
  
• confidently advocate at a registrar’s hearing with knowledge of practice and procedure

Buy today and practice confidently before a registrar! View a sample from this book!

Highlights of the 2017 Update include:

• information, procedures, and documentation required to pass accounts as a committee, including remuneration and costs assessment
  
  
• new case law on:
  
  
  • applications heard by registrars in bankruptcy other than bankruptcy hearings
  • recoverable disbursements (expert witness fees, trial consultant costs, surveillance costs, and litigation insurance)
  • reviews of lawyers’ accounts for practice supervision
  • evidence of agreements to settle lawyers’ bills and enforcement
    lawyer’s onus to prove the reasonableness of a bill
  • payment of a debt in installments to release garnishment after judgment
  • settling transcripts at the Court of Appeal
    
• potential amendments to Part 25 (Estates) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules

“As Registrar, the most common saying I hear is ‘I’ve never done [a registrar’s hearing] before’. The manual puts you in the position of knowing what needs to be done. Essentially, [Practice Before the Registrar] provides a measure of experience in a single volume.” – Scott A. Nielsen, District Registrar, Supreme Court of BC

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