Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook

This publication is essential for: all litigators appearing in Small Claims Court.

Current to: December 1, 2011

Price: $255; $230 when purchased together with Small Claims Act and Rules—Annotated  

Depend on this comprehensive step-by-step approach
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 a judge, and its step-by-step approach provides everything you need to know about small claims practice. The book is updated regularly.

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Highlights of the 2012 Update:

• New cases on governing legislation, who may appear in court, territorial and subject jurisdiction, court costs for the successful litigant, penalty costs, costs following transfer from the Supreme Court, enforcing the judgment, no evidence motions, payment orders, appeals from a preliminary dismissal, setting aside settlement conference orders and appeals on questions of fact and law.
• Revised and clarifying commentary on
  • use of interpreters (chapters 1—General Advice, 5—The Settlement Conference, 6—Trial Preparation)
  • territorial jurisdiction (chapter 2—Choosing Provincial Court)
  • who must appear at mediation and settlement conferences (chapter 2—Choosing Provincial Court; 5—The Settlement Conference)
  • fax filing of service verification (chapter 3—Initial Steps in Small Claims Actions)
  • organization of documents (chapter 6—Trial Preparation)
  • warrants for imprisonment (chapter 8—Enforcing the Judgment)
• Example of judge’s order directing lay litigants as to how to organize their documents for ultimate effectiveness (chapter 6—Trial Preparation)

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
David Claassen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Barbara Cornish — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver
Owen J. James — Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver
Mark Leung — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Kevin G. McKenzie — McKenzie & Co., Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver