Discovery Practice in British Columbia
Product Type:
Publications - Print + Online
ISBN:
1-55258-071-7
Pages:
956
Price:
$275.00
This book is essential for: All civil litigators.
This annually updated manual arms you with the strategies and practice tools to effectively discover your opponent's case, while revealing what is appropriate about your own. Written by experienced litigator Lyle G. Harris, QC, Discovery Practice in British Columbia guides you to:
- asking the right questions and making effective objections at the examination
- strategies for obtaining and giving effective document production
- asserting and attacking privilege claims
- effectively using discovery evidence at trial
- adapting your discovery methods and practice to the new Supreme Court Civil Rules, effective July 1, 2010
- and much more
Subscriptions include checklists, forms, and precedents on CD-ROM, and online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation.
Highlights of the 2010 update:
- incorporates new Supreme Court Civil Rules (“SCCR”), comparing and contrasting them with the current Rules of Court throughout
- discusses applicability of case law under former rules to SCCR
- includes new SCCR forms and precedents
- includes full text of discovery rules under SCCR
- discussion of new rules and major changes under SCCR:
- proportionality
- discovery of witnesses
- scope of document discovery and different test of relevance
- new list of documents; no demand required
- limits on length of discovery
- fast track actions
- disclosure of experts’ files
- changes to rules regarding interrogatories
- discussion of new cases on admissibility of vaguely described documents; privacy rights of parties; privacy considerations with respect to information posted on social networking websites; breach of implied undertaking of confidentiality; BC Court of Appeal’s reversal of Wong v. Antunes; statements “for the record” in examinations; talking with client during adjournment in discovery
- legislation and case references updated throughout
- updated case table, statute table, and index
CONTENTS
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Chapters
- Discovery Strategies and Steps
- Discovery of Documents
- Examination for Discovery
- Privilege
- Pre-Trial Discovery and Examination of Witnesses
- Discovery by Interrogatories
- Physical Examination and Inspection
- Use of Discovery Evidence at Trial
Forms and Precedents
Discovery of Documents
Examination for Discovery
Pre-Trial Discovery and Examination of Witnesses
Interrogatories
Physical Examination and Inspection
Chambers Practice
Features
- substantially revised to incorporate new Supreme Court Civil Rules effective July 1, 2010
- complete set of forms and precedents including new SCCR forms
- regular updates
- tables of cases and statutes
- comprehensive index
- checklists
- convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
- online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law
Author
Lyle G. Harris, QC — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
About the Author
Lyle Harris, QC has practiced almost exclusively in the areas of personal injury, insurance, and general litigation since being called to the BC bar in 1976. A partner in the firm Harris & Brun since 1984, he has presented at many courses offered by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC and the Trial Lawyers Association of BC, and he has taught part of the ICBC adjusters training program since 1986. Mr. Harris' adjuster's training manual, Pain & Suffering and Loss of Income in Personal Injury Actions, is now in its 7th edition. He was also the contributing author of the discovery chapter in CLEBC's annually updated British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual between 1992 and 2003.
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Book Author
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Lyle G. Harris, KC
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