Discovery Practice in British Columbia

This book is essential for: All civil litigators.

Current to: February 1, 2012

Effectively using the discovery process is key to reaching settlement or getting the edge at trial
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  
• and much more

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Highlights of the 2012 update:

• scope of document discovery, what is producible as “proof of a material fact”, what is included as relevant, and resisting document production by asserting privacy rights, particularly in the context of social media
• scope of the examination for discovery, the right to examine a second representative of a defendant, who may attend an examination, and the right to a subsequent examination
• waiver of privilege by conduct and whether unedited clinical records of non-treating doctor are privileged
• location of physical examination, the right to additional examinations, and the right to further examination for a responding report

CLEBC Legal Editor
Morag MacLean
mmaclean@cle.bc.ca

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

• 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.