Personal Injury for Legal Support Staff-2013

Product Type: Course Materials - Print

ISBN: 978-1-55258-852-9

Pages: 308

Price: $135.00

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This book is essential for: junior paralegals and other legal support staff with 2 to 3 years of experience; newly called lawyers entering personal injury practice will also find this book beneficial.

Current to: June 2013

Effectively manage your files and reduce your level of stress!
This publication provides a comprehensive introduction to personal injury practice for legal support staff. A fundamentals level book, it covers the main elements of managing a personal injury file, from file opening through to the bill of costs, and all steps in between. Topics include file management and organization, ICBC issues, document management, discovery, chambers practice, infant settlements and the PGT, expert evidence, the bill of costs, fast track litigation and summary judgment, mediation, and Small Claims Court. This practice focused publication is designed for junior support staff and lawyers who seek a nuts and bolts review of the essentials of how to run a personal injury file.

Course Materials Coordinator
Jasbir S. Bains — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

CLEBC Program Lawyer
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS

document management: opening the file, organizing the file, managing the file
chambers applications: the chambers rules, types of chambers applications, how to bring and respond to an application, drafting chambers materials
part 7 benefits: the view from ICBC
preparing a bill of costs: types of costs, fast track litigation, claims within the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court
fast track litigation and summary judgment
infant settlement submissions to the Public Guardian and Trustee: the old and understood, the older and misunderstood and the new
Small Claims Court: an overview of the small claims process
expert reports: ensuring admissibility at trial
additional materials: mediation advice for legal assistants and paralegals

Role	Name
Course Materials Author	Jesse D. Smith
Course Materials Author	Jodi McKinstry
Course Materials Author	Scott S. Morishita
Course Materials Author	Kevin J. McLaren
Course Materials Author	Matthew G. Howard
Course Materials Coordinator	Jasbir S. Bains
Course Materials Author	Jasbir S. Bains
Course Materials Author	J. Bryce Jeffery
Course Materials Author	Bill Sokoloff

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