Small Claims Act & Rules: Annotated

Your handy Small Claims Court Act and Rules

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

Current to: December 1, 2017

Price: $269; $225 when purchased together with Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook

With this resource, you will be able to:

• efficiently find the text to the Rule or section of the Act that you need
  
  
• search for right case chosen as important and summarized by leading practitioners anytime, anywhere
  
  
• be informed on the latest cases and changes to the Act and Rules

Buy your copy of your small claims court companion today!

 Highlights of the 2018 update

• updated Act and Rules reflecting increase in Small Claims Court monetary jurisdiction and Civil Resolution Tribunal small claims jurisdiction
  
  
• new annotations including:
• BC Court of Appeal on the statutory prohibition of appealing BC Supreme Court (“BCSC”)  orders created from appeals in Small Claims Court
  
  
• BCSC on “palpable and overriding error” standard of review for Small Claims Act appeal to BCSC on questions of fact
  
  
• BCSC on trial court’s mandate to resolve conflicts in evidence
  
  
• BCSC on admissibility of evidence extrinsic to proceedings record, in order to show lack of jurisdiction
  or denial of natural justice
  
  
• BC Provincial Court (“BCPC”) on its discretion to allow notice of claim amendment for “fresh cause of action” after limitation period expiry
  
  
• BCPC on awards of interest on top of court’s monetary limit
  
  
• BCPC on its authority to dismiss claims outside of settlement conferences
  
  
• BCPC on leave requirement to amend pleadings so as to raise a new cause of action

CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn
jtataryn@cle.bc.ca