Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook

This book is essential for: All litigators appearing in Small Claims Court.

Current to: February 1, 2011

Price: $250; $225 when purchased together with Small Claims Act and Rules—Annotated  

Some 60% of all litigation winds up in Small Claims Court. With the increase in the Court's monetary jurisdiction to $25,000, the Court has become an even more important forum for a wide range of disputes. The Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook is your guide to practice and procedure under the Small Claims Act. The Handbook is updated and reviewed annually by a team of practitioners and judges, and its step-by-step approach provides everything you need to know about small claims practice.
Subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation, links to government website forms and precedents on CD-ROM, and regular updates.

Highlights of the 2011 Update:

• new case law and statutory changes current to approximately December 1, 2010
• updated commentary on jurisdiction-based dismissals, arbitration agreements, the impact of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, punitive damages, the Health Care Costs Recovery Act, cancelling default orders, Robson Square trial conferences, expert witnesses, unrepresented litigants, summary dismissals, common books of documents, no evidence and insufficient evidence motions, simplified trials, summary trials, and appeals
• references to the new Supreme Court Civil Rules
• updated forms and precedents
• revised and updated versions of the case table, statute table, index, and references

1.   General Advice
2.   Choosing Provincial Court
3.   Initial Steps in Small Claims Actions
4.   Pre-Trial Matters and Applications
5.   The Settlement Conference
6.   Trial Preparation
7.   The Trial
7A.  Pilot Project Trial Procedures
8.   Enforcing the Judgment
9.   Costs
10.  Appeals

Features

• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
Andrew P. Prior — Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Judge Thomas S. Woods — Provincial Court of BC, Port Coquitlam

Authors
Barbara Cornish — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver
Owen J. James — Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver
Sarah McEachern — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Kevin G. McKenzie — McKenzie & Company, Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver