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, 2026

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, KC, 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 2026 Update to the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual includes:

• discussion of Court of Appeal for British Columbia cases, including: implications associated with classifications of roads; and injuries sustained in the course of rehabilitation having a causal connection to the accident
• discussion of British Columbia Supreme Court cases referencing: conduct amounting to an implicit refusal to mediate; assessments of damages where claimants have pre-existing conditions; awards of non-pecuniary damages where claimants have chronic pain and psychological injury; and contributory negligence in pedestrian accidents
• discussion of Civil Resolution Tribunal adjudications dealing with: the CRT's jurisdiction; evidentiary issues; denials of coverage resulting from an insured's willfully false statements; and what constitutes a "substantial inability to perform activities of daily living"
• reminders in each chapter to consider the date of the accident to proceed under the appropriate legislative scheme

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CLEBC Legal Editor
Allison A. Cartier
acartier@cle.bc.ca

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