British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual - Print

Everything you need to know about motor vehicle accident claims in BC

This publication is essential for: all lawyers with motor vehicle accident claims files

Current to: February 1, 2020

Advising your client on motor vehicle accident claims requires in-depth knowledge of BC's legislative scheme. Let the BC Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual be your guide through the many complex issues that frequently arise. Often referred to by eminent counsel as the "go-to" resource for researching the extensive range of legal and practice issues that arise, this resource offers you clear and succinct analysis of key issues, discussion of leading cases, practice points, checklists and over 60 sample forms.

"The BC Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual is rightfully known as 'the bible for personal injury lawyers.'  I have practised personal injury law for 35 years and still consult it weekly. The only frustrating part is that even though we have two copies at my firm of six lawyers, I can never find it in our library, because it is always in someone else's office being used!  You should not practice personal injury law without this manual, even if you're not doing car accident claims." – Alison Murray, QC, Murray Jamieson Barristers & Solicitors

With this resource, you will be able to:

• understand the intricacies of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act and Regulation and the legal principles that apply to your case
  
• get to the leading cases  you need for your client's case
  
• access quickly over 60 of the most commonly used sample forms

Buy today and be well prepared to advise your clients with motor vehicle accident claims! View a sample from this book!

The 2020 Update to the third edition of the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual includes:

• a new chapter on Practice Before the Civil Resolution Tribunal, including the CRT's jurisdiction, procedure in the CRT set out in the Regulations and CRT Rules, and practice points
• revisions to the Workers Compensation chapter reflecting the new Workers Compensation Act and updated references throughout
• legislative amendments
• discussion of significant BC Court of Appeal and BC Supreme Court decisions over the past year
• decisions on damages, punitive and aggravated damages
• revised section on mitigation
• developments regarding discovery, including privilege, further independent medical examinations, and discovery obligations
• recent cases on costs and discovery practice
• revised forms and precedents

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CLEBC Legal Editors
Beverley Leader
bleader@cle.bc.ca

Katelyn Rattray
krattray@cle.bc.ca

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Chapters

1. Preliminary Matters

2. Commencing and Defending an Action

3. Workers' Compensation Considerations

4. Discovery

5. Part 7 Benefits

6. Unidentified Motorists

7. Uninsured Motorists

8. Underinsured Motorist Protection

9. Optional Insurance Contracts

10. Defences

11. Out-of-Province and Excess Insurance

12. Mediation, Summary Trial, and Settlement Conferences

13. Assessment of Damages

14. Family Compensation Claims

15. Settlements for Minors

16. Structured Settlements and Judgments

17. Costs and Interest

18. Recovery and Subrogation

19. Practice Before the Civil Resolution Tribunal: Motor Vehicle Accident Claims

Forms and Precedents

Checklists

Limitation Periods

Table of Concordance

Tables
Case Table
Statutes and Related Material Table
Index

Editorial Board
Sandra M. Katalinic — Eyford Macaulay Shaw & Padmanabhan LLP, Vancouver
Marc Kazimirski — KazLaw Injury Lawyers, Vancouver
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
A.C. Richard Parsons — Collette Parsons Harris, Vancouver
Michael J. Slater, QC — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
Donald W. Yule, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Authors
Ian D. Aikenhead, QC — AMJ Law, Vancouver
Russell J. Bailey — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
John Bradbury — Heath Law LLP, Nanaimo
Luke Dineley — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
C. Richard Fister — Swadden & Company, Vancouver
Steven H. Heringa — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver
Jonathan L.S. Hodes — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
Bianca C. Jaegge — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver 
J. Derek James — QA Law, Vancouver
Karen E. Jamieson — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Sandra M. Katalinic — Eyford Macaulay Shaw & Padmanabhan LLP, Vancouver
Dana Kingsbury — Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, Vancouver
Anthony Leoni — Rice Harbut Elliott LLP, Vancouver
Scott Macfarlane — Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Corporate Law Department, North Vancouver
Maurice Mirosolin — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver 
David Newell — Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal, Richmond
Nicholas W. Peterson — Collins Peterson LLP, Vancouver
Andrew Roznicki — Consultant Workers' Compensation, Richmond
Michael Thomas — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Christopher J. Trueman — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver
Saro J.Turner — Slater Vecchio LLP, Vancouver
Mary-Helen Wright — Pacific Law Group, Vancouver
Donald W. Yule, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver